Elate (?), a. [L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol.]
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1. Lifted up; raised; elevated.

With upper lip elate. Fenton.
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And sovereign law, that State's collected will,
O'er thrones and globes, elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones.
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2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.
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O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate,
Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Pope.
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Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Syn. -- Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed.
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