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For those who are grandiloquent, the use of ornate and lofty language is a preference—much like the 50 verbs provided here, which either describe common actions or can substitute mundane terms with more refined alternatives.
1. ABVOLATE
When a bird (or any other entity) abvolates, it means it takes flight and departs.
2. ACERVATE
Acervating something involves heaping it together or collecting it into a pile.
3. ADMARGINATE
Admarginating refers to jotting notes in the margins or annotating alongside the text in a book.
4. ADVESPERATE
As the day advesperates, darkness begins to fall.
5. ALLATRATE
Dogs don’t merely bark—they allatrate.
6. BASIATE
Basiating means to kiss, much like the act of osculating.
7. BULBITATE
Originating via Latin from a Greek term meaning manure, bulbitating refers to soiling oneself. (Hopefully not a term used daily.)
8. CACHINNATE
Cachinnating means to laugh boisterously or without restraint, while decachinnating involves mocking or ridiculing someone.
9. CALCEATE
When you slip on your shoes, you calceate. Conversely, removing them—especially as a gesture of respect—means you discalceate.
10. CAPERATE
Caperating refers to frowning, and if something is caperated, it appears wrinkled or folded.
11. CARBUNCULATE
When something carbunculates, it burns intensely, akin to a piece of coal—the Latin term from which the word carbuncle is derived.
12. COQUINATE
Coquinating involves preparing or presenting meals for others.
13. DEBLATERATE
Deblaterating means to chatter mindlessly or to utter something impulsively.
14. DECAPULATE
Capula, derived from Latin, essentially referred to a cup or small vessel, and thus decapulating means transferring or emptying contents from one container to another.
15. DEFLOCCATE
Deflocculating something involves exhausting or wearing it down, while ...
16. DEGLABRATE
... deglabrating it means to make it smooth.
17. EXCUDE
Originating from the Latin term cudere, which means to beat or strike out, the verb excude can signify uncovering something through thorough examination.
18. EXTRAVAGE
Extravaging or extravagating refers to straying from the main topic, whether literally (wandering aimlessly) or figuratively (in a discussion).
19. FELICITATE
Felicitating someone means bringing them joy or happiness.
20. GNATHONIZE
Gnatho, a character known for his fawning behavior in a Roman comedy by Terence, inspired the verb gnathonize, which means to flatter excessively or act in a sycophantic manner.
21. GURGITATE
Gurgitating or ingurgitating—unlike regurgitating—refers to consuming or devouring food.
22. HOSPITIZE
Hospitizing involves hosting or entertaining a guest.
23. INANULATE
Inanulating—literally meaning “to form into rings”—refers to curling your hair.
24. INSUSSURATE
Insussurating means to whisper softly into someone’s ear.
25. JENTICULATE
Having breakfast means you’ve jenticulated.
26. LABEFACTATE
Originating from a Latin term meaning to weaken or destabilize, labefactating something involves causing it to topple or collapse.
27. LALLATE
Lallating refers to speaking in a manner reminiscent of a baby’s babbling.
28. LUCUBRATE
Lucubrating or elucubrating means working late into the night, often by candlelight or artificial light. A work created through such late-night effort is called a lucubration.
29. MANTICULATE
Manticulating involves acting stealthily or discreetly taking something without being noticed.
30. MANDUCE
Originating from the Latin term for “hand,” manuduction is a 16th-century term for guiding or leading someone—and from this, manuducing or manuducting means leading someone or something by hand.
31. MANUSCRIBE
Manuscribing refers to signing your name or writing something manually.
32. NEMN
Nemning someone means referring to them by their name.
33. OBLIGURE
Obliguring involves indulging in a lavish feast or enjoying a substantial meal.
34. PANDICULATE
Pandiculation is the technical term for the stretching and yawning that occurs upon waking, and pandiculating refers to performing this action.
35. PUNGLE
Originating from the Spanish word pongale, meaning to put it down, pungling means to pay or contribute towards something.
36. QUAERITATE
Quaeritating is an 18th-century term for seeking an answer or investigating something—essentially the historical equivalent of Googling.
37. REIMPLACE
Reimplacing something means returning it to its original position.
38. SCURRYFUNGE
Scurryfunging is an old American dialect term for quickly cleaning up a house before a guest arrives.
39. SEMITATE
Originating from semita, the Latin word for path, semitating means creating a pathway through something.
40. SNUDGE
Snudging refers to walking while deeply lost in thought.
41. SURFLE
A surfle is an elaborate trim or embroidered edge, but as a verb, it can also mean applying cosmetics to the face or body.
42. TITUBATE
Originating from a Latin term meaning to stagger, titubating can also describe stammering or hesitating in speech, an action also referred to as titubation.
43. TRANSNATE
Rather than swimming laps in a pool, you can transnate it—a 17th-century verb meaning to swim across a body of water.
44. TRIPUDATE
Derived from a Latin root meaning “three feet,” tripudiating refers to skipping, dancing joyfully, or leaping with excitement.
45. TUDICULATE
Tudiculating means to bruise or strike something forcefully.
46. UNKEN
Unkenning someone is to not recognize them.
47. VENUSTATE
Venustating something means enhancing its beauty. The opposite, if ever required, is devenustating.
48. VETERATE
Veterating refers to the process of aging or growing old.
49. VIGILATE
Originating from the same root as vigilant, vigilating means staying awake or remaining sleepless, often throughout the night.
50. WITWANTON
Witwantoning involves indulging in idle thoughts, speculations, or humorously failing to grasp something.
