Elate

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  • transitive verb. To fill with great joy or happiness; delight.
  • adjective. Elated.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To raise; exalt; elevate.
  • To raise or swell, as the mind or spirits; elevate with satisfaction or gratification; puff up; make proud.
  • Raised; lifted up.
  • Exalted in feeling; elated.
  • Synonyms Exultant, jubilant, exhilarated, overjoyed, puffed up, proud.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Lifted up; raised; elevated.
  • adjective. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.
  • transitive verb. To raise; to exalt.
  • transitive verb. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make joyful or proud.
  • verb. To lift up; raise; elevate.
  • adjective. elated; exultant
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
  • Word Usage
    "There was no mistake — ­pressure to pressure, warmth to warmth, and with an elate thrill he felt her breathe against him."