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Exhilarate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXHIL'ARATE, v.t. egzhil'arate. [L. exhilaro; ex and hilaro, to make merry, hilaris, merry, jovial.]
To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; to gladden; to cheer. Good news exhilarates the mind, as good wine exhilarates the animal spirits.
EXHIL'ARATE, v.i. To become cheerful or joyous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-rated; -rating) Etymology: Latin exhilaratus, past participle of exhilarare, from ex- + hilarare to gladden, from hilarus cheerful — more at hilarious Date: 1540 1. to make cheerful and excited ; enliven, elate <was exhilarated by her success> 2. refresh, stimulate • exhilaratingly adverb • exhilarative adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (often as exhilarating adj. or exhilarated adj.) affect with great liveliness or joy; raise the spirits of. Derivatives: exhilarant adj. & n. exhilaratingly adv. exhilaration n. exhilarative adj. Etymology: L exhilarare (as EX-(1), hilaris cheerful)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exhilarate Ex*hil"a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhilarated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating.] [L. exhilaratus, p. p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.] To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exhilarate Ex*hil"a*rate, v. i. To become joyous. [R.] --Bacon.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Cheer, enliven, inspirit, inspire, animate, stimulate, elate, gladden, make merry, make glad or joyous.

Moby Thesaurus

amuse, animate, arouse, beguile, boost, brace, brace up, brighten, brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy, buoy up, cheer, chirk up, convulse, delight, divert, dynamize, electrify, embue, encourage, energize, enliven, entertain, excite, fillip, fire, fortify, fracture one, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, galvanize, give a lift, gladden, hearten, imbue, infect, inflame, inform, infuse, infuse life into, inject, inoculate, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, kill, kindle, knock dead, lift, liven, loosen up, pep up, perk up, pick up, pique, provoke, quicken, raise a laugh, raise a smile, reanimate, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart, relax, renew, resuscitate, revive, revivify, rouse, send, set up, sharpen, slay, snap up, solace, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, thrill, tickle, titillate, uplift, vitalize, vivify, warm, whet, wow, zip up