elate

Etymology

From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”) (short form of ex) + ferō (“carry, bear”).

verb

1. (transitive) To make joyful or proud.
   That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […] 1749, The Universal Magazine, volume 4, page 321
2. (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.

adj

1. Elated; exultant.
   Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. 1895, Helen Hunt Jackson, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 28
2. (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
   c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate
   a. 1794, William Jones, an ode in imitation of Alcaeus And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate, / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.