different between elate vs animate

English

Etymology

From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ?l?tus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of effer? (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ? (“out of”) (short form of ex) + fer? (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??le?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

elate (third-person singular simple present elates, present participle elating, simple past and past participle elated)

1. (transitive) To make joyful or proud.
2. (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.

Translations

Adjective

elate

1. elated; exultant
   • 1895, Helen Hunt Jackson, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 28

     Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.

2. (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

1. second-person plural present indicative of elama

Latin

Etymology 1

From ?l?tus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of effer? (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ? (“out of”), short form of ex, + fer? (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e??la?.te?/, [e????ä?t?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?la.te/, [??l??t??]

Adverb

?l?t? (comparative ?l?tus or ?l?tius, no superlative)

1. loftily, proudly
   • c. 177, Gellius: Noctes Atticae, Book 9, Chapter 15, Verse 4

     Introit adulescens et praefatur arrogantius et elatius, quam aetati eius decebat, ac deinde iubet exponi controversias.

     The young fellow entered the room, made some preliminary remarks in a more arrogant and presumptuous style than became his years, and then asked that subjects for debate be given him.

Related terms

• ?l?ti?
• ?l?tus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (elát?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?e.la.te?/, [????ät?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.la.te/, [???l?t??]

Noun

elat? f (genitive elat?s); first declension

1. A sort of fir
2. The leaf of the palm bud

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

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

1. Alternative form of elat

English

Etymology

From Old English animate, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”), from anima (“breath”); see anima.

Pronunciation

• Adjective:
  • enPR: ?n'?m?t, ?n'?m?t, IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.m?t/, /?æ.n?.m?t/
• Verb:
  • enPR: ?n'?m?t, ?n'?m?t IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.me?t/, /?æ.n?.me?t/

Adjective

animate (comparative more animate, superlative most animate)

1. That which lives.
2. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
3. Dynamic, energetic.

4. (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human, animal, plant or other entity which is considered alive.

5. (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

Synonyms

• (that which lives): alive, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (quality or ability of motion): astir, dynamic, kinetic, motile
• (dynamic, energetic): lively, perky, vivacious; see also Thesaurus:active

Synonyms

Antonyms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

animate (third-person singular simple present animates, present participle animating, simple past and past participle animated)

1. (transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

2. (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

   • The more to animate the people, he stood on high […] and cried unto them with a loud voice.

Synonyms

• (to give spirit or vigour to): enliven, vitalise; see also Thesaurus:enliven

Derived terms

• animator, animater
• animatrix

Related terms

• animation
• animatrice

Translations

Anagrams

• amentia, aminate, metania

Esperanto

Adverb

animate

1. present adverbial passive participle of animi

Italian

Verb

animate

1. second-person plural present indicative of animare
2. second-person plural imperative of animare
3. feminine plural of animato

Anagrams

• amenità, anatemi, emanati

Latin

Verb

anim?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of anim?

Middle English

Alternative forms

• animat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anim?tus, past participle of anim?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ani?ma?t/

Adjective

animate

1. Animate, alive; showing the signs or symptoms of life.
2. Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience).

Descendants

• English: animate
• Scots: ainimate

References

• “anim?t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-17.