elate
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elate
- /ɪˈleɪt/
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb elates · elating · elated
- To make joyful or proud. That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […]
- To lift up; raise; elevate.
adjective
- Elated; exultant. Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.
- Lifted up; raised; elevated. c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate
