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elate

UK/ɪˈleɪt/ US/ɪˈleɪt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

  • “Music can uplift your spirits”
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From 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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