[ UK /ɪlˈe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ɪˈɫeɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    Music can uplift your spirits
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How To Use elate In A Sentence

  • When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
  • The sheriff said the casino owners were elated to get the cash back, even if it was a little wet.
  • Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
  • Observing the affected knee may reveal dystrophic changes, alteration of skin color, calluses related to kneeling or occupational abuse of the knee, scars, scratches, or rashes.
  • BRODY: They had to deal with that, and so they're reticent to a certain degree to kind of delve into some of the faith issues as it relates to the political environment, if you will, because they know that he can get a lot of backlash. CNN Transcript May 6, 2009
  • Magnesium chelates, another supplement option, are easily absorbed.
  • I do sometimes wish we could flag posts that are in some way related to post flags, when I'm feeling a bit daffy, which is always. MetaTalk
  • The old rates were at least indirectly related to income; the new tax takes no account of a person's ability to pay.
  • Interior spaces may also be gendered: the author explores both the activities particular to women, such as needlework or lace-making, and the objects related to female and maternal domesticity.
  • Another trend referred to two related areas – increased user-centeredness and increased inter-disciplinarity. Archive 2008-02-01
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