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elate

[ih-leyt]

verb (used with object)

elated, elating 
  1. to make very happy or proud.

    news to elate the hearer.



adjective

  1. elated.

elate

/ ɪˈleɪt /

verb

  1. (tr) to fill with high spirits, exhilaration, pride or optimism

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Other Word Forms

  • overelate verb (used with object)
  • unelating adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of elate1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English elat “proud, exalted,” from Latin ēlātus “borne away, lifted up,” past participle of efferre “to bear away, lift up,” from ē- e- 1 + ferre “to bear, bring, carry”; for the element -lātus, earlier tlātus (unrecorded), thole 2 ( def. ), tolerate ( def. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of elate1

C16: from Latin ēlāt- stem of past participle of efferre to bear away, from ferre to carry
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Example Sentences

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Georgia lawmakers, elated by the news, declared that day Hyundai Day in the state.

The crowd erupted — elated to witness one of the greatest actors of our time step out of retirement to embody a role in his son’s directorial debut.

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As an ardent lover of liège waffles, I was elated — no, ecstatic — when TJ’s first dropped its Brioche Style Liège Waffles.

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Martin Jennings, who has previously depicted King Charles III and the Queen Mother, said he was "elated" to be chosen to portray the late queen.

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Starters Jared Verse and Byron Young, watching from the sideline, were no doubt elated.

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