Part 653

<! p. 476 !> 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.

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. ).

E*lat"ed*ly (?), adv. With elation.

E*lat"ed*ness, n. The state of being elated.

E*lat"er (?), n. One who, or that which, elates.

||El"a*ter (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; driver, fr. &?; to drive.] 1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.

2. (Zoöl.) 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.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

El"a*ter (?), n. (Chem.) 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.

El"a*ter*ite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

El`a*te"ri*um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, neut. of &?; driving. See 2d Elater.] 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).