elate
elate Lexical Profile
elate Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To make someone ecstatically happy, proud, or joyful; to raise the spirits of.
"Winning the prestigious scholarship was enough to elate the young researcher and her entire family."
• adjective
(archaic or literary) Lifted up in spirits; exultant, proud, or overjoyed.
"The victorious general returned to the capital with a heart elate and triumphant."
Word Nuance & Usage
The verb 'elate' is almost exclusively encountered in the passive voice or as the participial adjective 'elated' (e.g., 'she was elated by the news'); active uses such as 'the news elates her' are grammatically valid but comparatively rare in modern prose.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Latin 'elatus', the past participle of 'efferre' (to carry out, raise up, or exalt), formed from 'ex-' (out) and 'latus' (carried).