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5-letter words (2 found)

ELATE,TELAE,

4-letter words (11 found)

ALEE,EALE,LATE,LEAT,LEET,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TEEL,TELA,TELE,

3-letter words (15 found)

ALE,ALT,ATE,EAT,EEL,ELT,ETA,LAT,LEA,LEE,LET,TAE,TEA,TEE,TEL,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EE,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from elate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of elate

elate leate ealte aelte laete alete eltae letae etlae telae lteae tleae eatle aetle etale teale atele taele latee altee ltaee tlaee atlee talee elaet leaet ealet aelet laeet aleet eleat leeat eelat eelat leeat eleat eaelt aeelt eealt eealt aeelt eaelt laeet aleet leaet elaet aelet ealet eltea letea etlea telea lteea tleea eleta leeta eelta eelta leeta eleta etela teela eetla eetla teela etela lteea tleea letea eltea telea etlea eatel aetel etael teael ateel taeel eaetl aeetl eeatl eeatl aeetl eaetl eteal teeal eetal eetal teeal eteal ateel taeel aetel eatel teael etael latee altee ltaee tlaee atlee talee laete alete leate elate aelte ealte lteae tleae letae eltae telae etlae atele taele aetle eatle teale etale

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Definitions and meaning of elate

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈleɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

elate (third-person singular simple present elates, present participle elating, simple past and past participle elated)

  1. (transitive) To make joyful or proud.
  2. (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.

Translations

Adjective

elate

  1. Elated; exultant.
  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.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:elate.

Related terms

  • elated
  • elation
  • efferent

Anagrams

  • Atlee, Teela, alete, telae

Estonian

Verb

elate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of elama

Latin

Etymology 1

From 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).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈlaː.teː/, [eːˈɫ̪äːt̪eː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈla.te/, [eˈläːt̪e]

Adverb

ēlātē (comparative ēlātus or ēlātius, no superlative)

  1. loftily, proudly
Related terms
  • ēlātiō
  • ēlātus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλάτη (elátē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.la.teː/, [ˈɛɫ̪ät̪eː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.la.te/, [ˈɛːlät̪e]

Noun

elatē f (genitive elatēs); first declension

  1. A sort of fir
  2. The leaf of the palm bud
Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

References

  • elate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • elate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Adjective

elate

  1. Alternative form of elat

Source: wiktionary.org