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Definition of Elates
1. elate [v] - See also: elate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elates
Literary usage of Elates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... he zealously opposed the law for confiscating the elates of the adherents to
the British government ; and contended that sound policy required to ..."
2. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, William Rishanger, John Allen Giles (1853)
"They were afterwards supplied with food by the queen; then by the bishop of
London; then by John Maunsell; and afterwards by the other pi-elates, namely, ..."
3. The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James ...by William Robertson by William Robertson (1811)
"... elates, 423. Proposed the restoration of the popish ecclesias-- tical
jurisdiction, 424. His views in this, ib. Is suspected the author of ..."
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