Exhilarate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exhilarate \Ex*hil"a*rate\, v. i.
     To become joyous. [R.] --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exhilarate
       v : fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is
           obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at
           the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated
           by his phenomenal success" [syn: {inebriate}, {thrill}, {exalt},
            {beatify}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhilarate":
     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