"exorbitate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: exorbitates [present, singular, third-person], exorbitating [participle, present], exorbitated [participle, past], exorbitated [past]
Etymology: From Latin exorbitatus, passive participle of exorbitare. See exorbitant. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|exorbitatus}} Latin exorbitatus Head templates: {{en-verb}} exorbitate (third-person singular simple present exorbitates, present participle exorbitating, simple past and past participle exorbitated)
  1. (obsolete) To go off track or orbit; to deviate. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-exorbitate-en-verb-NA6YvwDI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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