elate

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verb

elated; elating

transitive verb

: to fill with joy or pride

elate

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adjective

: elated
I smiled to myself and felt elateCharlotte Brontë

Examples of elate in a Sentence

Verb The discovery has elated researchers. the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Jones teachers told The Washington Post that the win elated a group of deserving colleagues, who pledged to use the money to pay bills, fund dream vacations, and donate to their students and community. Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024 Vogue's annual Forces of Fashion never fails to elate fashion lovers. Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023 As elating as Sunday was, there’s more baseball left. Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023 No bite will leave you wanting, no swipe of sauce will fail to elate. Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023 The games range from good-guy blowouts to bad-guy blowouts, nailbiting wins and losses, elating OT victories that sent them onward and gutting OT defeats that ended their season. R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 16 May 2023 The lefthander had been giddy in the weeks leading up to the outing, elated by his first healthy, normal spring training in at least five years. Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023 Park residents who attended the meeting were elated by the council members' actions, albeit preliminary. Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2023 Small wonder the idea of weekly or more visits to the Y does not elate him. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

Latin elatus (past participle of efferre to carry out, elevate), from e- + latus, past participle of ferre to carry — more at tolerate, bear

First Known Use

Verb

circa 1619, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1647, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of elate was circa 1619

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Cite this Entry

“Elate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

elate

verb
i-ˈlāt
elated; elating
: to fill with joy or pride
elated over the team's victory
elatedly adverb
elatedness noun

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