elate
Elated; exultantElated; exultant.
» Tom was stunned, but elated.
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2 sensesElated; 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.
Examples
11 sentencesTom was stunned, but elated.
I'm absolutely elated.
He became very elated at the news.
I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
She was elated by the molybdenum assay of the ore sample from her claim.
Origin
From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive parFrom 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).
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