Elate

Definition of Elate

E`late´

a.	1.
	1.	Lifted up; raised; elevated. With upper lip elate. - Fenton. And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. - Sir W. Jones.
	2.	Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. - Pope. Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. - Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
v. t.	1.	To raise; to exalt. [imp. & p. p. Elated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elating.] By the potent sun elated high. - Thomson.
	2.	To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. - Warburton. You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. - Jowett (Thucyd. ).

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