elate
pronunciation
How to pronounce elate in British English:
UK [ɪ'leɪt]
How to pronounce elate in American English:
US [ɪ'leɪt]
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- Verb:
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
Word Origin
- elate
- elate: [16] Elate means literally ‘lift up’, and that is how it was originally used in English: ‘Placus doth elate his shady forehead’, George Chapman, Iliad 1611. The word comes from ēlātus, the past participle of Latin efferre. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and ferre ‘carry’ (a relative of English bear). Its metaphorical extension to a ‘lifting of the spirits, exultation’ had already started in the Latin word, and had completely ousted the literal meaning in English before the end of the 18th century.=> relate
- elate (v.)
- 1570s, literal, "to raise, elevate," probably from Latin elatus "uplifted, exalted," past participle of effere "carry out, bring forth" (see elation), or else a back-formation from elation. Figurative use, "to raise or swell the mind or spirit with satisfaction and pride," is from 1610s. Related: Elated; elating.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Don 't let your sober face elate you , however ;
- 2. To fill with sublime emotion ; elate .
- 3. When she got home elate last night she found her mother waiting up for her .
- 4. The biomechanical analysis of elate male and female of forehand and backhand tennis poaching .
- 5. Identification of three saponins from leaves of aralias elate .