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Exhilarate


EXHIL'ARATE, verb transitive egzhil'arate. [Latin exhilaro; ex and hilaro, to make merry, hilaris, merry, jovial.]

To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; to gladden; to cheer. Good news exhilarates the mind, as good wine exhilarates the animal spirits.

EXHIL'ARATE, verb intransitive To become cheerful or joyous.