Obs. [f. as prec. + -MENT.] Elation, elatedness.
1746–7. Hervey, Medit. & Contempl. (1818), 272. We reflect upon some inconsiderable … superiority over others, and a sudden elatement swells our minds.
1799. Corn. Winter, Lett., in W. Jay, Mem. (1843), 67. Such an elatement of mind as imaginary painted prospects often occasion.
