elate

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈleɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Verb === elate (third-person singular simple present elates, present participle elating, simple past and past participle elated) (transitive) To make joyful or proud. Synonyms: cheer up, hearten; see also Thesaurus:gladden (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === elate Elated; exultant. (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated. c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate a. 1794, William Jones, an ode in imitation of Alcaeus And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:elate. ==== Related terms ==== elated elation efferent === Anagrams === Atlee, Teela, alete, telae == Estonian == === Verb === elate second-person plural present indicative of elama == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈɫaː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlaː.te] ==== Adverb ==== ēlātē (comparative ēlātus or ēlātius, no superlative) loftily, proudly ===== Related terms ===== ēlātiō ēlātus === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλάτη (elátē). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.ɫa.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.la.te] ==== Noun ==== elatē f (genitive elatēs); first declension A sort of fir The leaf of the palm bud ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === “elate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “elate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “elate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Adjective === elate alternative form of elat