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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism;
- Example: "Music can uplift your spirits"
[syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elate \E*late"\, 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lifted up; raised; elevated. With upper lip elate. --Fenton. [1913 Webster] And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir W. Jones. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. [1913 Webster] O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elate \E*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elating.] 1. To raise; to exalt. [R.] [1913 Webster] By the potent sun elated high. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. [1913 Webster] Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. --Warburton. [1913 Webster] You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

elate v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "elate": brighten, buoy, cheer, cheer up, delight, do proud, elevate, encourage, exalt, excite, exhilarate, flush, gladden, gratify, inspire, lift, make proud, overjoy, set up, stimulate, uplift