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Elate

//ɪˈleɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Elated; exultant.

    "Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate."

  2. 2
    Lifted up; raised; elevated. obsolete

    "c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make joyful or proud. transitive

    "That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […]"

  2. 2
    fill with high spirits; fill with optimism wordnet
  3. 3
    To lift up; raise; elevate. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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