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▪ I. elate, a.|ɪˈleɪt|
Also 4 elaat, elat, elayt.
[ad. L. ēlāt-us, pa. pple. of efferre to bring or carry out; to elevate, raise. Cf. OF. elat proud.]
†1. Lifted, raised. Obs. rare.
a1730Fenton Let. Knight Sable Shield in Anderson Poets VII. 663 With upper lip elate, he grins.
2. fig. Of condition, and of persons with regard to their condition: Exalted, lofty. Of feelings, etc.: Lofty, proud.
c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 177 This kyng of kynges proud was and elaat [v.r. elat(e, elayt]. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vi, Whom than he fonde..With sceptre in hande ful pompous and elate. 14..Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 113 O pompe elate with thy cheres bold. 1610Histriom. iv. 117 Thy high fate Shall not discerne a fortune more Elate. 1626T. H. tr. Caussin's Holy Crt. 58 This Courage..is powerfully elate. 1649Selden Laws Eng. ii. xxxiii. (1739) 148 Two Kings we have at once in view, both of them of an elate spirit. 1755T. H. Croker Ariosto's Orl. Fur. xliii. lxi. II. 339 Shall this little burgh grow up to make A city ample, pompous and elate? 1833Chalmers Const. Man (1835) I. ii. 117 There is an elate independence of soul.
b. Of persons: Inspired (as with joy or hope), in high spirits, exultant, flushed (as with success or victory).
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. I. 116 An Army elate with victory. 1725Pope Odyss. i. 176 A brutal crowd, With insolence, and wine, elate and lowd. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 67 The Romish party in England were elate. 1870Disraeli Lothair xlvi. 244 The ladies returned with elate and animated faces.
▪ II. eˈlate, v.
[f. L. ēlāt- ppl. stem of efferre: see prec.]
†1. trans. To lift on high, raise, elevate. Obs.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 37 The superiour part [of the bone] is..in the middest most elated, and vpwardes heaued. c1611Chapman Iliad xxii. 416 Placus doth elate His shady forehead. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 25 The eighteenth of October, wee found by observation, the North pole elated seventeene degrees. Ibid. 168 Sometimes they elate a finger, smile and pray to Mahomet. 1772Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 235 Two of his fingers elated, in the attitude of benediction.
b. fig.
1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 14 The House..was suddenly elated into the best Families of England and Ireland. 1641Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. ix. 33 This Bishop..elates himself up into usurped titles.
2. To raise the spirits of (a person), inspirit, encourage; to stimulate, excite; also, to puff up, make proud. Also absol. and (rarely) refl.
a1619Donne Biathan. (1644) 186 But Sapritius elated with the glory of Martyredome, refused him. 1636R. Brathwait Lives Rom. Emperors 354 This Emperour..elated himselfe with self-conceite and pride. 1725Pope Odyss. xvii. 33 Schemes of revenge his pondering breast elate. 1751Johnson Rambl. No. 91 ⁋5 Ready..to elate each other with reciprocal applause. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg., Village School, The wine..elateth me. 1863Fr. Kemble Resid. Georgia 108, I was elated with my own part of this performance. |