ELATE Copy link • ELATE 1. elatus (aliqua re, lifted up by): superbia sese efferens (Sall.): inflatus, with or without jactatione or insolentia. 2. v. efferre aliquem: inflare: sufflare (puff a person up). To elate a man, inflare alicujus animum (ad aliquid; e.g., ad intolerabilem superbiam, Liv.). To be elated, se efferre or efferri (aliqua re): by prosperity or success, secunda fortuna efferri; secundis rebus intumescere or insolescere. Raise, heighten (in a good sense), Vid.