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elate
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)
- (transitive) To make joyful or proud.
- (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.
Translations
Adjective
elate
- 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.
- 1895, Helen Hunt Jackson, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 28
- (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.
- c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield
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 ?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)
- 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.
- Introit adulescens et praefatur arrogantius et elatius, quam aetati eius decebat, ac deinde iubet exponi controversias.
- c. 177, Gellius: Noctes Atticae, Book 9, Chapter 15, Verse 4
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
- A sort of fir
- 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
- Alternative form of elat
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enliven
English
Etymology
From life +? en- -en, intensifying verbal circumfix.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?la?v?n/
- Rhymes: -a?v?n
Verb
enliven (third-person singular simple present enlivens, present participle enlivening, simple past and past participle enlivened)
- (archaic, transitive) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
- (transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
- The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.
Synonyms
- liven
- liven up
Derived terms
- enlivener
- enlivenment
Translations
See also
- animate
- brighten
- cheer up
- invigorate
- quicken
- vitalize
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