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elate
verb elated, elating
    1. To make someone intensely happy.
    2. To fill someone with optimism.
Derivative: elated
adj
    Intensely happy
      Thesaurus: jubilant, joyous, ecstatic, euphoric, overjoyed, exultant, delighted, blissful, gleeful, pleased, exhilarated; Antonym: downcast.
Derivative: elatedly
adverb
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin elatus elevated or exalted.



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