luxuriate

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: lux=u=ri=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

luxuriate, v. i. [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate. See Luxury.].

•  To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.  Burton.  [1913 Webster]
•  To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures.  [1913 Webster]
•  To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

luxuriate, v.intr.
1 (foll. by in) take self-indulgent delight in, enjoy in a luxurious manner.
2 take one's ease, relax in comfort.

THESAURUS

luxuriate

appreciate, bask, bask in, bud, burgeon, burst forth, delight in, eat up, enjoy, feast, fill, flood, flourish, gemmate, germinate, grow, grow rank, have a ball, indulge, indulge in, know no bounds, leaf, leaf out, leave, like, love, luxuriate in, overabound, overbrim, overdo, overflow, overgrow, overindulge, overrun, overspill, overspread, overswarm, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, relish, revel, revel in, riot, roll, rollick, root, run riot, savor, shoot, shoot up, spill over, sprout, sprout up, strike root, superabound, swarm, swim in, take it easy, take root, teem, upspear, upsprout, vegetate, wallow in, welter