Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Elate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elate \E*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Elating}.]
1. To raise; to exalt. [R.]
By the potent sun elated high. --Thomson.
2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or
exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up;
to make proud.
Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. --Warburton.
You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of
your enemies. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elate \E*late"\, a. [L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud
(the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e
out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and
akin to E. tolerate. See {Tolerate}, and cf. {Extol}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elate
v : fill with high spirits; fill with optimism [syn: {lift up},
{uplift}, {pick up}, {intoxicate}] [ant: {depress}]
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