elate
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Is elate a Scrabble word?
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- Wordle Yes
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What is the meaning of elate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make joyful or proud.Examples: "That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […]"Synonyms: cheer up, hearten, beatify, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, cheer uptransitive
2. (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.transitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.Examples: "c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate"; "a. 1794, William Jones, an ode in imitation of Alcaeus And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary