D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Exhilarate

/ĭg-zĭl'-ẽr-ātˌ/ · Ex·hil·a·rate · IPA /ɪɡˈzɪləˌɹeɪt/
01 v. t. To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.
imp. & p. p. Exhilarated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating
  1. 1.
    To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.
02 v. i. To become joyous.
  1. 1.
    To become joyous.[R.]