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elate

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e⋅late

  [i-leyt] verb, e⋅lat⋅ed, e⋅lat⋅ing, adjective
Use elate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make very happy or proud: news to elate the hearer.
–adjective
2. elated.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME elat proud, exalted < L ēlātus carried away, lifted up (ptp. of efferre), equiv. to ē- e- + lā- carry, lift (see translate ) + -tus ptp. suffix
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e·late   (ĭ-lāt')   
tr.v.   e·lat·ed, e·lat·ing, e·lates
To make proud or joyful: Her success elated the family.
adj.  Elated.

[From Latin ēlātus, past participle of efferre, to bring out, exalt : ē-, ex-, ex- + lātus, brought; see telə- in Indo-European roots.]
e·la'tion n.
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