Definitions for exhilarate
ɪgˈzɪl əˌreɪtex·hil·a·rate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatifyverb

   fill with sublime emotion

   "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. exhilarateverb

   To make happy, cheer up.

2. exhilarateverb

   To refreshingly thrill.

3. exhilarateverb

   To bring new life to.

4. Etymology: From exhilarare, from ex + hilarare, from hilaris.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. EXHILARATEverb

   To make cheerful; to cheer; to fill with mirth; to enliven; to glad; to gladden.

   Etymology: exhilaro, Latin.

   The coming into a fair garden, the coming into a fair room richly furnished, a beautiful person, and the like, do delight and exhilarate the spirits much. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The force of that fallacious fruit,
   That with exhilarating vapours bland
   About their spirits, had play’d, and inmost pow’rs
   Made err, was now exhal’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

   Continual tide
   Flows from th’ exhilarating fount. Phillips.

   Let them thank
   Boon nature, that thus annually supplies
   Their vaults, and with her former liquid gifts
   Exhilarates their languid minds, within
   The golden mean confin’d. Phillips.

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1. exhilarate

   To exhilarate is to cause someone to feel very happy, enthusiastic, or elated, often due to a thrilling or stimulating event or experience.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Exhilarateverb

   to make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man

2. Exhilarateverb

   to become joyous

3. Etymology: [L. exhilaratus, p. p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Exhilarate

   egz-il′a-rāt, v.t. to make hilarious or merry: to enliven: to cheer.—adj. Exhil′arant, exhilarating: exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.—n. an exhilarating medicine.—p.adj. Exhil′arāting, cheering: gladdening.—adv. Exhil′arātingly.—n. Exhilarā′tion, state of being exhilarated: joyousness.—adjs. Exhil′arātive, Exhil′arātory. [L. exhilarāre, -ātum—ex, inten., hilaris, cheerful.]

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Anagrams for exhilarate »

1. heteraxial

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exhilarate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exhilarate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=exhilarate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exhilarate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=exhilarate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhilarate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=exhilarate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=exhilarate