Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exhilarate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exhilarate \Ex*hil"a*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhilarated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Exilarating}.] [L. exhilaratus, p. p. of
exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry,
hilaris merry, cheerful. See {Hilarious}.]
To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden
greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine
exhilarates a man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exhilarate \Ex*hil"a*rate\, v. i.
To become joyous. [R.] --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exhilarate
v : fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink(exhilarate is
obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at
the prospect of going to the movies" [syn: {thrill}, {exalt}]
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