elate
verb (used with object)
to make very happy or proud.
had elated
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past perfectof elate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His fame in arms, and, above all, the success of the Persian war, had elated his haughty mind, which was naturally impatient of a superior, or even of an equal.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Henry Hart Milman
The victory of the slaveholders in the Missouri contest had elated them most tremendously and had correspondingly depressed and cowed their adversaries.
From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by John F. (John Ferguson) Hume
While this was passing in the Assembly and in Paris, the emigrants, whom the flight of Louis XVI. had elated with hope, were thrown into consternation at his arrest.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
That answer threw me as far down as her manner had elated me.
From Lords of the North by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Was it his successful onset which had elated him, or the satisfaction of helping Mary's father?
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
