English-Thai Dictionary
elate
VT ทำให้ มีความสุข ทำให้ ปิติยินดี cheer exhilarate inspire tam-hai-me-kwam-suk
elated
ADJ ซึ่ง มีความสุข มาก ชื่นใจ ปิติยินดี ecstatic exhilarated jubilant sueng-me-kwam-suk-mak
elatedly
ADV อย่าง ร่าเริง ยินดี
elatedness
N ความปิติยินดี มาก
elater
N เส้น ใย ที่ ทำให้ สปอร์ กระจาย ตัว ออก แมลง พวก Elateridae
elaterite
N ยาง ลาด ถนนช นิดหนึ่ง
elaterium
N ยาขม จาก ต้นไม้ พวก Ecballium elaterium
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ELATE
a.[L. elatus.] Raised; elevated in mind; flushed, as with success. Whence, lofty; haughty; as elate with victory. [It is used chiefly in poetry. ]
ELATE
v.t.To raise or swell, as the minds or spirits; to elevate with success; to puff up; to make proud. 1. To raise; to exalt. [Unusual. ]
ELATED
pp. Elevated in mind or spirits; puffed up, as with honor, success or prosperity. We say, elated with success; elated with pride. [This is used in prose. ]
ELATEDLY
adv. With elation.
ELATERIUM
n.A substance deposited from the very acrid juice of the Momordica elaterium, wild cucumber. It is in thin cakes of a greenish color and bitter taste, and is a powerful cathartic.
ELATERY
n.Acting force or elasticity; as the elatery of the air. [Unusual. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ELATE
E *late ", a. Etym: [L. elatus elevated, fig. , elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse ); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear ), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol. ]
1. Lifted up; raised; elevated. With upper lip elate. Fenton. And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W.Jones.
2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Pope. Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
Syn. -- Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed.
ELATE
E *late ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elating.]
1. To raise; to exalt. [R.] By the potent sun elated high. Thomson.
2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. Warburton. You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
ELATEDLY
ELATEDLY E *lat "ed *ly, adv.
Defn: With elation.
ELATEDNESS
ELATEDNESS E *lat "ed *ness, n.
Defn: The state of being elated.
ELATER
ELATER E *lat "er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, elates.
ELATER
El "a *ter, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr.
1. (Bot. )
Defn: An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any beetle of the family Elateridæ, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
ELATER
ELATER El "a *ter, n. (Chem. )
Defn: The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium ) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.
ELATERITE
ELATERITE El "a *ter *ite, n. (Min. )
Defn: A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
ELATERIUM
El `a *te "ri *um, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Elater. ]
Defn: A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium ).
ELATEROMETER
ELATEROMETER El `a *ter *om "e *ter, n.
Defn: Same as Elatrometer.
ELATERY
El "a *ter *y, n. Etym: [See 2d Elater. ]
Defn: Acting force; elasticity. [Obs. ] Ray.
New American Oxford Dictionary
elate
e late |iˈlāt əˈleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. elated ) make (someone ) ecstatically happy: I felt elated at beating Dennis. ▶adjective archaic in high spirits; exultant or proud: the ladies returned with elate and animated faces. DERIVATIVES e lat ed ly adverb, e lat ed ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from Latin elat- ‘raised, ’ from the verb efferre, from ex- ‘out, from ’ + ferre ‘to bear. ’ The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
elate
elate |ɪˈleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. elated ) make (someone ) ecstatically happy: I felt elated at beating Dennis. ▶adjective archaic in high spirits; exultant or proud: their elate and animated faces. DERIVATIVES elatedly adverb, elatedness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from Latin elat- ‘raised ’, from the verb efferre, from ex- ‘out, from ’ + ferre ‘to bear ’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
American Oxford Thesaurus
elated
elated adjective Sally and Marv were elated at the idea of becoming grandparents: thrilled, delighted, overjoyed, ecstatic, euphoric, very happy, joyous, gleeful, jubilant, beside oneself, exultant, rapturous, in raptures, walking on air, on cloud nine, in seventh heaven, jumping for joy, in transports of delight; informal on top of the world, over the moon, on a high, tickled pink. ANTONYMS miserable.
Oxford Thesaurus
elated
elated adjective she was elated at having pocketed some £400,000: thrilled, exhilarated, happy, delighted, overjoyed, joyous, gleeful, excited, animated, jubilant, beside oneself with happiness, exultant, ecstatic, euphoric, rapturous, in raptures, enraptured, rapt; walking on air, on cloud nine /seven, in seventh heaven, jumping for joy, in transports of delight, transported, carried away, in a frenzy of delight, delirious (with happiness ), hysterical, wild with excitement, frenzied; informal blissed out, over the moon, on a high; N. Amer. informal wigged out; rare corybantic. ANTONYMS miserable.
Duden Dictionary
Elatere
Ela te re Substantiv, feminin Botanik , die |Elat e re |die Elatere; Genitiv: der Elatere, Plural: die Elateren meist im Plural Schleuderzelle bei Lebermoosen, die die Sporen aus den Kapseln befördert
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
elate
e late /ɪléɪt /動詞 他動詞 〈人 〉を元気づける [得意にさせる ].
elated
e l á t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 〖通例be ~〗 «…に » 大喜びで, 有頂天で, 大得意で «by , at » .~ly 副詞 ~ness 名詞