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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
exhilarate
    v 1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at
         the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by
         his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink,
         inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exhilarate \Ex*hil"a*rate\, v. i.
   To become joyous. [R.] --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for exhilarate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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