单词 | extravagate |
释义 | extravagatev. To wander; only in figurative sense. 1. intransitive. To wander away, stray, from, into. Also, †to extravagate it. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action wanderc897 haltc900 flitc1175 misdrawc1300 err1303 convertc1374 foldc1380 stray1390 astray1393 swaver?a1400 to fall from ——a1425 recedec1450 depart1535 swervea1547 fag1555 flinch1578 exorbitate1600 extravagate1600 discoasta1677 tralineate1700 aberrate1749 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 219 I love not to extravagate from my text. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sortir hors de propos, to..extrauagate it, fall from the matter. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 108 A Maior..extravagating from the common course of Law and Justice. 1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) v. 30 Who..when they cannot compass their ends in the right line, extravagate into forreign Pedigrees. 1867 F. Oakeley in Manning Ess. Relig. & Lit. II. 159 Extravagating into ten thousand forms of religious error. 2. To wander at large; to roam at will. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > at large or without control straya1398 expatiatea1552 extravagate1766 1766 W. Warburton Serm. in Wks. (1787) V. 326 When the body plunges into the luxury of Sense, the mind will extravagate through all the regions of a viciated Imagination. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 166 Thoughts In which his youth did first extravagate. 1840 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers xvi. 301 Extravagating beyond the beaten paths of orthodoxy. 3. To go beyond bounds; to exceed what is proper or reasonable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > act immoderately or without restraint [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 outragea1387 surfeitc1400 outraya1450 exceed1488 lasha1560 overlash1579 overlaunch1579 wanton1631 extravagate1829 wallow1876 to hit the high spots1891 to go overboard1931 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 323 A Quakeress does not extravagate when she engages in such an enterprize. 1845 W. E. Gladstone Let. 10 Dec. in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. 328 The Church of England has effectually confined this power from extravagating by the terms of the sixth Article. 1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 105 This [scenery] is a topic on which the moderns extravagate. 4. To go to extravagance in.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander or be prodigal [verb (intransitive)] waste1390 lasha1560 squander1593 to play the prodigal1602 outlash1611 wanton1646 to light (also burn) the candle at both ends1736 extravagate1871 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. vi. 204 I extravagate in magnesium. It is not much dearer than wax candles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1600 |
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