Exhilarate

(egz-hĭl'a-rāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXHILARATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXHILARATING.] [Lat. exhilarare, exhilaratum, from ex, out of, from, and hilarare, to make merry, from hilaris, merry, cheerful, Gr. ἱλαρός.] To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; to gladden; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind.

To become cheerful, glad, or joyous. [Rare.] Bacon.