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English Dictionary: elate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for elate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elate v fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" Synonym(s): elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate Antonym(s): cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down
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 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. ).