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
The bulk of the reportage for the cover naturally came from Bonn Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate, whose assignment to the West German capital elates from Sept.
From Time Magazine Archive
"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
Now the broader waters gleam— Seems my voyage upon the stream Like a semblance of a dream, And the dream my Soul elates; Life flows through the cypress gates Of the Ocklawaha.
From The Gentleman from Everywhere by James Henry Foss
