v. Obs. rare. [f. L. extūberāt- ppl. stem of extūberāre (see prec.).] a. intr. To swell out or up. b. trans. ‘To make to swell’ (Blount, Glossogr.).
1623–6. Cockeram, Extuberate, to swell like the sea.
1658. Rowland, trans. Moufet’s Theat. Ins., 976. Two cornicles … near which the forepart of the head doth a little extuberate.
1692–1732. in Coles.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
Hence † Extuberated ppl. a. Also fig. † Extuberating ppl. a., protuberant.
1727–36. Bailey, Extuberated, swelling into knobs or knots.
1634. T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., III. xi. (1678), 63. They [the abdominal muscles] are situate in the eminentest or extuberating region of the belly.
1737. G. Smith, Cur. Relat., X. iv. 547. Rising here and there with extuberating Hills and Montains.
1768. W. Donaldson, Life & Adv. Sir B. Sapskull, II. 51. An extuberated proof of her singular affection for young Romeo.
