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   exhilarate

   /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated: "she was exhilarated by the day's events"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin exhilarat- ‘made cheerful’, from the verb exhilarare, from ex- (expressing inducement of a state) + hilaris ‘cheerful’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exhilarative adjective
   • 2. exhilarant adjective

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   Exhilarate means to give someone strong feelings of happiness and excitement. Learn more about this verb, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   Exhilarate means to make somebody feel very happy and excited. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use this word in different contexts with examples and synonyms.

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   Exhilarate is a verb that means to make someone very happy and excited or elated. Learn its synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Exhilarate means to give someone strong feelings of happiness and excitement. Learn more about this verb, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Exciting or thrilling things might exhilarate you. If you love acting, just the thought of being on stage might exhilarate you, giving you a feeling of giddy excitement. The Latin word exhilarare meant "to gladden" and exhilarate still holds a similar meaning today.

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   Exhilarate definition: to enliven; invigorate; stimulate. See examples of EXHILARATE used in a sentence.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEXHILARATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. to make cheerful, merry, or lively. 2. to invigorate or stimulate. SIMILAR WORDS: ˈaniˌmate. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms. exhilarative (exˈhilaˌrative) adjective. Word origin.