/elate/

/elate/

Verb.

Pronunciation and accent: ɪleɪt.

Etymology: from Latin elatus (= lifted), preterite participle of efferre (= to bring out, elevate), which is analysed into ex- (= out) + ferre (= bear).

-) Preterite tense: elated. Preterite participle: elated.

-) Present participle: elating.

-) It is dated from the end of 1500.

Transitive: 1. Obsolete: to elevate.

2. To cause the elation or exultation of; to cause (a person) to exult; to make feel exultant.

Synonym: to flush.

Translation: faire exulter, in French; hacer exultar, in Spanish; fare esultare, in Italian.

The admiral was no more elated by this adulation, than he had been intimidated by the previous dissatisfaction.

J. Cooper… Mercedes of Castile 1840

I will neither discourage you nor elate you with vain hopes.

The London Journal, vol. 7

-) English words derived from elate: elated, elatedly, elatedness, elatement, elater, elator, elation, elative.

-) To learn or remember other words derived from Latin ferre, see INFERRIBLE.