/i layt"/ , v. , elated, elating , adj.
v.t.
1. to make very happy or proud: news to elate the hearer.
adj.
2. elated.
[ 1350-1400; ME elat proud, exalted elatus carried away, lifted up (ptp. of efferre ), equiv. to e- E- + la- carry, lift (see TRANSLATE) + -tus ptp. suffix ]