exorbitate
English
Etymology
From Latin exorbitatus, passive participle of exorbitare. See exorbitant.
Verb
exorbitate (third-person singular simple present exorbitates, present participle exorbitating, simple past and past participle exorbitated)
- (obsolete) To go out of the track; to deviate.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for exorbitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)