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单词 extravagate
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extravagatev.

/ɛkˈstravəɡeɪt/
Etymology: < medieval Latin extrāvagāt- participial stem of extrāvagārī (or extrā vagārī) to wander, stray outside limits, < extrā outside + vagārī to wander. Compare French extravaguer.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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