elate
/ɪˈleɪt/
elate verb: to make joyful or proud.
Verb
elate (third-person singular simple present elates, present participle elating, simple past and past participle elated)
- 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: […]1749, The Universal Magazine, volume 4, page 321
- To lift up; raise; elevate.
Adjective
elate
- Elated; exultant.
- Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate,
Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, canto III - Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.1895, Helen Hunt Jackson, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 28
- Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate,
- Lifted up; raised; elevated.
- with upper lip elatec. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield
- 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.
elate meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
elate in Tamil
- ஊக்கப் படுத்து, கிளர்வெழுப்பு
elate in Malayalam
- ആഹ്ലാദിക്കുക, ഉത്തേജിപ്പിക്കുക, പൊങ്ങച്ചം കാട്ടുക
elate in Kannada
- ಹಿಗ್ಗು, ಉಕ್ಕು, ಉಬ್ಬರಿಸು, ಎರ್ದೆಯುರ್ಬು, ಎದೆಯುಬ್ಬು, ಎದೆಹಿಗ್ಗು
Synonyms of elate
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Forms of elate
| third-person singular present | elates |
|---|---|
| present participle | elating |
| past participle | elated |
| past | elated |
Origin of elate
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).
Words formed from elate
Words that rhyme with elate
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- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about elate
- What does elate mean?
- Elate means to make joyful or proud.
- What is elate in Tamil?
- Elate in Tamil is ஊக்கப் படுத்து, கிளர்வெழுப்பு. See Elate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is elate?
- Elate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce elate?
- Elate is pronounced /ɪˈleɪt/.
- What is the past tense of elate?
- The past tense of elate is elated.
Words near elate in the dictionary
Source and license
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