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elate

/ɪˈleɪt/ih-LAYT
/ɪˈleɪt/ih-LAYT

Meaninglifted up

Common meaning: fill with joy

Journey through time

  1. Latinelatus‘lifted up’source
  2. Middle Englishelatsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftslifted up → fill with joyelate‘fill with joy’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin elatus ‘lifted up’.

Roots

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