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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