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elate

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5 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈleɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeeltStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Word origin

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).

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  • 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: […]
  • 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.

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