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Elate

Elate Meaning & Definition
Elate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elate?

[v] fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elate: intoxicate | lift up | pick up | uplift

Related Terms | Find terms related to Elate: brighten | buoy | cheer | cheer up | delight | do proud | elevate | encourage | exalt | excite | exhilarate | flush | gladden | gratify | inspire | lift | make proud | overjoy | set up | stimulate | uplift

See Also | beatify | exalt | excite | exhilarate | inebriate | joy | puff | rejoice | shake | shake up | stimulate | stir | thrill

Elate In Webster's Dictionary

\E*late"\, a. [L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See {Tolerate}, and cf. {Extol}.] 1. Lifted up; raised; elevated. With upper lip elate. --Fenton. And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir W. Jones. 2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. --Pope. Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson. Syn: Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed.
\E*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elating}.] 1. To raise; to exalt. [R.] By the potent sun elated high. --Thomson. 2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. --Warburton. You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).

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