elate
verb (used with object)
to make very happy or proud.
have elated
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present perfectof elate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Even if the astronauts accomplished nothing else during the flight, the satellite launches alone would have elated the aerospace community, which has been searching for a cost-effective way to place hardware in orbit.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Christine was too angry and too deeply wounded to note this information, which at one time would have elated her beyond measure.
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
I did put it on his naughtiness, which usually would have elated him; but his heart was so full as to make even a long holiday a punishment.
From The Young Step-Mother by Charlotte Mary Yonge
