Dictionary entry

Exhilarate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.