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elate
[ ih-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
elated, elating.
- to make very happy or proud:
news to elate the hearer.
adjective
elate
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- tr to fill with high spirits, exhilaration, pride or optimism
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Other Word Forms
- v··ٱ verb (used with object) overelated overelating
- ܲe·iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of elate1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English elat “proud, exalted,” from Latin ŧٳܲ “borne away, lifted up,” past participle of efferre “to bear away, lift up,” from ŧ- e- 1 + ferre “to bear, bring, carry”; for the element -ٳܲ, earlier ٱٳܲ (unrecorded), thole 2( def ), tolerate ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of elate1
C16: from Latin ŧ- stem of past participle of efferre to bear away, from ferre to carry
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Parents in the Scottish Borders say they feel "elated" after a judge ruled that Scottish schools must provide single-sex toilets for pupils.
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In a statement, Ms Hogg's family said they were "elated" and said Mahmood had "truly put victims' at the heart of the system".
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She makes food for the crew and looks legitimately elated to watch one of them sink his teeth into a gooey breakfast sandwich.
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Park and his fiancée saw the ruling in the news and were elated.
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An elated Ferguson couldn't hide his emotions when the final whistle peeped after what turned out to be a fairly comfortable win.
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