Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Exhilarate

Exhilarate , transitive verb

[Latin exhilaratus, past participle of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.]

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

Exhilarate , intransitive verb

To become joyous. [Rare] — Bacon