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elate
[ ih-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
, e·lat·ed, e·lat·ing.
- to make very happy or proud:
news to elate the hearer.
adjective
elate
/ ɪˈleɪt /
verb
- tr to fill with high spirits, exhilaration, pride or optimism
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Other Words From
- over·e·late verb (used with object) overelated overelating
- une·lating adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of elate1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English elat “proud, exalted,” from Latin ēlātus “borne away, lifted up,” past participle of efferre “to bear away, lift up,” from ē- e- 1 + ferre “to bear, bring, carry”; for the element -lātus, earlier tlātus (unrecorded), thole 2( def ), tolerate ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of elate1
C16: from Latin ēlāt- stem of past participle of efferre to bear away, from ferre to carry
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Example Sentences
But as he held on through the dark and solemn forest path he grew less elate.
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Success made Samuel Clemens merely elate, more kindly, more humanly generous.
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First edition:— And my face bear his brand—mine, that once bore Love's badge elate!
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Winnie was the only one whom this mystery did not seem to elate.
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He had returned from his day's outing and his countenance shone elate.
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