<p><b>1.</b> <def>Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>The <b>extravagant</b> and erring spirit hies To his confine. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; <as>as, <ex>extravagant</ex> acts, wishes, praise, abuse</as>.</def>
<blockquote>There appears something nobly wild and <b>extravagant</b> in great natural geniuses. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; <as>as, an <ex>extravagant</ex> man</as>.</def> "<i>Extravagant</i> expense."
<i>Bancroft.</i>
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<hw>Ex*trav"a*gant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who is confined to no general rule.</def>
<i>L'Estrange.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.</def>
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<hw>Ex*trav"a*gant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.</def>
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<hw>Ex*trav"a*gant*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.</def>
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<hw>Ex*trav`a*gan"za</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Extravagance</ets> with an Italian ending: cf. It. <ets>stravaganza</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.</def>
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<hw>Ex*trav"a*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>extra<?/</ets> + L. <ets>vagatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>vagari</ets> to rove. See <er>Extravagant</er>.]</ety> <def>To rove.</def>
<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>
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<hw>Ex*trav`a*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A wandering beyond limits; excess.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Smollett.</i>
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<hw>Ex*trav"a*sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extravasated</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extravasating</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>extra<?/</ets> + L. <ets>vas</ets> vessel: cf. F. <ets>extravaser</ets>. See <er>Vase</er>.]</ety> <def>To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.</def>
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<hw>Ex*trav`a*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>extravasation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; <as>as, an <ex>extravasation</ex> of blood after a rupture of the vessels</as>.</def>
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