elate

a. [ L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lifted up; raised; elevated.

With upper lip elate. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And sovereign law, that State's collected will,
O'er thrones and globes, elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate,
Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Syn. -- Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With elation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being elated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; driver, fr. &unr_; to drive. ] 1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Any beetle of the family Elateridæ, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zoöl.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, elates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; driving. See 2d Elater. ] A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium). [ 1913 Webster ]