elate

---

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈleɪt/

Verb

elate (elates, present participle elating; past and past participle elated)

1. (transitive) To make joyful or proud.
2. (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.

Translations

• Russian: поднимать настроение

Adjective

1. elated; exultant
   • RQ

   • Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.

2. (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.

   • with upper lip elate

   • And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

Related terms

• elated
• elation
• efferent

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003