Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-HIL'A-RATE, v.t. [egzhil'arate; L. exhilaro; ex and hilaro, to make merry, hilaris, merry, jovial, Gr. ίλαρος.]

To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; to gladden; to cheer. Good news exhilarates the, mind, as good wine exhilarates the animal spirits.