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e·late

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TRANSITIVE VERB:
e·lat·ed, e·lat·ing, e·lates

To make proud or joyful: Her success elated the family.

ADJECTIVE:

Elated.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin ltus, past participle of efferre, to bring out, exalt : -, ex-, ex- + ltus, brought; see tel- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
e·lation(Noun)

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