elate

English

Etymology

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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”), from ē (“out of”) (short form of ex) + ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈleɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

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

Translations

to make joyful or proud

• Bulgarian: въодушевявам (bg) (vǎoduševjavam)
• Dutch: verrukken (nl), aanvuren (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: gayigar (io), exaltar (io)
• Russian: поднимать настроение impf (podnimatʹ nastrojenije), подбодрить (ru) pf (podbodritʹ)

to lift up, raise, elevate

• Bulgarian: ободрявам (bg) (obodrjavam)
• Latin: levō, ēlevō
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakamanamana

Adjective

elate

1. elated; exultant
   • (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, / Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.

   • (Can we date this quote by Mrs. H. H. Jackson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

2. (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
   • (Can we date this quote by Fenton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     with upper lip elate

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir W. Jones and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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, alete, telae

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Estonian

Verb

elate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elama

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Latin

Etymology 1

From ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈlaː.teː/, [eːˈɫ̪äːt̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈla.te/, [eˈläːt̪e]

Adverb

ēlātē (comparative ēlātus or ēlātius, no superlative)

1. loftily, proudly
   • (Can we date this quote?) 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

• ēlātiō
• ēlātus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλάτη (elátē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.la.teː/, [ˈɛɫ̪ät̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.la.te/, [ˈɛːlät̪e]

Noun

elatē f (genitive elatēs); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	elatē	elatae
Genitive	elatēs	elatārum
Dative	elatae	elatīs
Accusative	elatēn	elatās
Ablative	elatē	elatīs
Vocative	elatē	elatae

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.

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Middle English

Adjective

elate

1. Alternative form of elat