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elate

verb
/ɪˈleɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from ēlātus
  2. inherited from elat

Definitions

  1. 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: […]

  2. To lift up

    To lift up; raise; elevate.

  3. Elated

    Elated; exultant.

    • Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.
    • Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Lifted up

      Lifted up; raised; elevated.

      • c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate
      • a. 1794, William Jones, an ode in imitation of Alcaeus And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

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Derived

elatement, elater, unelating

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at elate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at elate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at elate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA