Exorbitate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To go off track or orbit; to deviate. obsolete
"If the Planets had moved in those Lines above named; sometimes they would have approached to the Sun as near as the Orb of Mercury, and sometimes have exorbitated beyond the distance of Saturn"
Example
More examples"If the Planets had moved in those Lines above named; sometimes they would have approached to the Sun as near as the Orb of Mercury, and sometimes have exorbitated beyond the distance of Saturn"
Etymology
From Latin exorbitatus, passive participle of exorbitare. See exorbitant.
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