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Verb: elate  i'leyt
  1. Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    "Music can elate your spirits"
    - lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate

Derived forms: elating, elates, elated

See also: elation

Type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Antonym: depress

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