elate
verb (used with object)
to make very happy or proud.
elates
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present tense formof elate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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You go your way heedless, uncaring — as if you owned all the treasures of the world; even grief elates you, even sorrow sits well upon your brow.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2016
In a nation ravaged by corruption, lashed by typhoons, and beaten down by poverty, nothing unites and elates the populace like Manny Pacquiao.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2009
"It just shows the dope side of the industry when a strong company like Option steps up to support me and my ideas to create something amazing right in Vancouver." elates Chris.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bobby elates the disenchanted with his blanket condemnation of the way things are, but his alternatives for the most part are either vague or on the safe side.
From Time Magazine Archive
If favourable, I do not deny that the praise elates, and if unfavourable, that the abuse irritates.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
