Elate(a.) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
Elate(a.) Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.
Elate(v. t.) To raise; to exalt.
Elate(v. t.) To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.
Elated(imp. & p. p.) of Elate
Elatedly(adv.) With elation.
Elater(n.) One who, or that which, elates.
Elater(n.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.
Elater(n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
Elater(n.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
Elater(n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.
Elating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elate
Elation(n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
Elative(a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.
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