elate

Meanings

Verb

To make joyful or proud.
To lift up; raise; elevate.

Adjective

elated; exultant
Lifted up; raised; elevated.

Origin

From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus ("exalted, lofty"), perfect passive participle of efferō, from ē (short form of ex) + ferō.

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