ecˈstasiate, v. rare.
[f. ecstasy + -ate, after F. (s')extasier, f. extasie, early form of extase ecstasy.]
a. trans. = ecstasize v. 1. b. intr. and refl. To go into an ecstasy.
| 1823 New Month. Mag. VIII. 278 The singer..may extasiate his audience. 1838 J. Pardoe River & Desert I. 10 He extasiated on the Emperor, and shrugged his shoulders at all other crowned heads. 1889 Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 662/2 What we admit that we cannot sincerely extasiate ourselves before or admire is M. Huysmans's idea of style. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xv. 213 The holy Teresa's quivering and ecstasiated flank. 1957 Observer 8 Dec. 14/3 The appearance of the Chimp Father Christmas, scattering soot, is so ecstatiating [sic] that [etc.]. |