▪ 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.
| a 1730 Fenton 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.
| c 1386 Chaucer Monk's T. 177 This kyng of kynges proud was and elaat [v.r. elat(e, elayt]. 1430 Lydg. 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. 1610 Histriom. iv. 117 Thy high fate Shall not discerne a fortune more Elate. 1626 T. H. tr. Caussin's Holy Crt. 58 This Courage..is powerfully elate. 1649 Selden Laws Eng. ii. xxxiii. (1739) 148 Two Kings we have at once in view, both of them of an elate spirit. 1755 T. H. Croker Ariosto's Orl. Fur. xliii. lxi. II. 339 Shall this little burgh grow up to make A city ample, pompous and elate? 1833 Chalmers 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).
| 1647 Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. I. 116 An Army elate with victory. 1725 Pope Odyss. i. 176 A brutal crowd, With insolence, and wine, elate and lowd. 1839 Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 67 The Romish party in England were elate. 1870 Disraeli 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.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man i. 37 The superiour part [of the bone] is..in the middest most elated, and vpwardes heaued. c 1611 Chapman Iliad xxii. 416 Placus doth elate His shady forehead. 1634 Sir 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. 1772 Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 235 Two of his fingers elated, in the attitude of benediction. |
b. fig.
| 1635 Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 14 The House..was suddenly elated into the best Families of England and Ireland. 1641 Sir 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.
| a 1619 Donne Biathan. (1644) 186 But Sapritius elated with the glory of Martyredome, refused him. 1636 R. Brathwait Lives Rom. Emperors 354 This Emperour..elated himselfe with self-conceite and pride. 1725 Pope Odyss. xvii. 33 Schemes of revenge his pondering breast elate. 1751 Johnson Rambl. No. 91 ¶5 Ready..to elate each other with reciprocal applause. 1851 Longfellow Gold. Leg., Village School, The wine..elateth me. 1863 Fr. Kemble Resid. Georgia 108, I was elated with my own part of this performance. |