"elate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈleɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elate.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”) (short form of ex) + ferō (“carry, bear”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{inh|en|enm|elat}} Middle English elat, {{m|enm|elate}} elate, {{der|en|la|ēlātus||exalted, lofty}} Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), {{m|la|efferō||bring forth or out; raise; exalt}} efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), {{m|la|ē||out of}} ē (“out of”), {{m|la|ex}} ex, {{m|la|ferō||carry, bear}} ferō (“carry, bear”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} elate
  1. Elated; exultant.
    Sense id: en-elate-en-adj-dLCcmIGG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 12 28 12
  2. (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-elate-en-adj-VqiRxh-N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: elated, elation, efferent

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈleɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: elates [present, singular, third-person], elating [participle, present], elated [participle, past], elated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”) (short form of ex) + ferō (“carry, bear”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{inh|en|enm|elat}} Middle English elat, {{m|enm|elate}} elate, {{der|en|la|ēlātus||exalted, lofty}} Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), {{m|la|efferō||bring forth or out; raise; exalt}} efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), {{m|la|ē||out of}} ē (“out of”), {{m|la|ex}} ex, {{m|la|ferō||carry, bear}} ferō (“carry, bear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} elate (third-person singular simple present elates, present participle elating, simple past and past participle elated)
  1. (transitive) To make joyful or proud. Tags: transitive Translations (to make joyful or proud): въодушевявам (vǎoduševjavam) (Bulgarian), udělat radost [perfective] (Czech), zvednout náladu [perfective] (Czech), verrukken (Dutch), aanvuren (Dutch), gayigar (Ido), exaltar (Ido), exalta (Romanian), поднимать настроение (podnimatʹ nastrojenije) [imperfective] (Russian), подбодрить (podbodritʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-elate-en-verb-h7q8dOvF Disambiguation of 'to make joyful or proud': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate. Tags: transitive Translations (to lift up, raise, elevate): ободрявам (obodrjavam) (Bulgarian), povznést [perfective] (Czech), pozdvihnout [perfective] (Czech), pozvednout [perfective] (Czech), oplaten (Dutch), levō (Latin), ēlevō (Latin), whakamanamana (Maori), ridica (Romanian), înălța (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-elate-en-verb-I0v0FKnh Disambiguation of 'to lift up, raise, elevate': 0 100

Inflected forms

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      "word": "aanvuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make joyful or proud",
      "word": "gayigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make joyful or proud",
      "word": "exaltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make joyful or proud",
      "word": "exalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podnimatʹ nastrojenije",
      "sense": "to make joyful or proud",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поднимать настроение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podbodritʹ",
      "sense": "to make joyful or proud",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подбодрить"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obodrjavam",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "word": "ободрявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "povznést"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozdvihnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozvednout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "word": "oplaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "word": "levō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "word": "ēlevō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "word": "whakamanamana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "word": "ridica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to lift up, raise, elevate",
      "word": "înălța"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elate"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telh₂- (bear)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪt",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪt/2 syllables"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "elat"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English elat",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "elate"
      },
      "expansion": "elate",
      "name": "m"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "ēlātus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "exalted, lofty"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "efferō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bring forth or out; raise; exalt"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ē",
        "3": "",
        "4": "out of"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ex"
      },
      "expansion": "ex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ferō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "carry, bear"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”) (short form of ex) + ferō (“carry, bear”).",
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        "2": "adjective"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "elated"
    },
    {
      "word": "elation"
    },
    {
      "word": "efferent"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1895, Helen Hunt Jackson, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 28",
          "text": "Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Elated; exultant."
      ],
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        [
          "Elated",
          "elated"
        ],
        [
          "exultant",
          "exultant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield\nwith upper lip elate"
        },
        {
          "text": "a. 1794, William Jones, an ode in imitation of Alcaeus\nAnd sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill."
        }
      ],
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        "Lifted up; raised; elevated."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈleɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elate"
}

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