How to pronounce“elate”in English
IPA/ɪˈleɪt/
Syllablese·late
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Definitions of “elate”
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verb
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: […]”
verb
To lift up; raise; elevate.
adjective
Elated; exultant.
“Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.”
adjective
Lifted up; raised; elevated.
“c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate”