elate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to fill with high spirits or exhilarated joy

   News of the victory elated the entire town.

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').

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