elate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪˈleɪt/ UK /ɪˈleɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to fill with high spirits or exhilarated joy

News of the victory elated the entire town.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to fill with high spirits... exhilarate thrill delight exalt gladden enrapture uplift

Opposites

depress dishearten sadden deject

Word family

Forms elateselating

Derived forms elated elatedness elation

Related forms elation relate translate

Etymology

From Latin ēlātus ('raised, elevated, exalted'), past participle of efferre ('to carry out, raise up'), from ex- ('out') + lātus ('borne', suppletive past participle of ferre 'to carry').

ēlātus Latin efferre Latin ferre Middle English

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# elate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈleɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈleɪt/

## Meanings
1. to fill with high spirits or exhilarated joy

## Examples
- News of the victory elated the entire town.

## Synonyms
- exhilarate
- thrill
- delight
- exalt
- gladden
- enrapture
- uplift

## Antonyms
- depress
- dishearten
- sadden
- deject

## Derived Forms
- elated
- elatedness
- elation

## Related Forms
- elation
- relate
- translate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ēlātus
- Root: efferre
- Root: ferre

## Etymology
From Latin ēlātus ('raised, elevated, exalted'), past participle of efferre ('to carry out, raise up'), from ex- ('out') + lātus ('borne', suppletive past participle of ferre 'to carry').

## AI Etymology
Elate is from Latin ēlātus ('raised, elevated, exalted'), past participle of efferre ('to carry out, raise up'), from ex- ('out') + lātus ('borne', suppletive past participle of ferre 'to carry'). Important recorded forms include ēlātus (Latin), efferre (Latin), and ferre (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to fill with high spirits or exhilarated joy. The wider family includes derived forms such as elated, elatedness, and elation and related words such as elation, relate, and translate.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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