Sekirov Dictionary

elate

/ɪˈleɪt/

adjective 2
verb 2
forms 4

adjective2

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Elated; exultant.
- Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. — 1714
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(no longer used) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
- And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. — 1794

verb2

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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: […] — 1749
To lift up; raise; elevate.

forms

elated · elating · elates · elateth

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