elate

[ ih-leyt ]

/ ɪˈleɪt /

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verb (used with object), e·lat·ed, e·lat·ing.

to make very happy or proud: news to elate the hearer.

adjective

elated.

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Origin of elate

1350–1400; Middle English elat proud, exalted <Latin ēlātus carried away, lifted up (past participle of efferre), equivalent to ē-e-¹ + lā- carry, lift (see translate) + -tus past participle suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM elate

o·ver·e·late, verb (used with object), o·ver·e·lat·ed, o·ver·e·lat·ing.un·e·lat·ing, adjective

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How to use elate in a sentence

However that might be, a sudden, elating thought caused him an intense joy.
Roads of Destiny|O. Henry
The contrast now, instead of elating her, simply accentuated her reminiscence of guilt.
Too Old for Dolls|Anthony Mario Ludovici
The extreme kindness and cordiality of these two was very pleasing to me, though rather elating.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar|George Smith
To paint as they did was an intoxication, subtler and stronger than a drug and more elating than young love.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright

In sacred canticles, some airs are for elating the heart into raptures, others to restore the mind to its former tranquillity.
The Training of a Public Speaker|Grenville Kleiser

British Dictionary definitions for elate

elate

/ (ɪˈleɪt) /

verb

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

Word Origin for elate

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

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