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Exhilarate vs Denotative - What's the difference?

exhilarate | denotative |

As a verb exhilarate

is (archaic) to make happy, cheer up; to gladden.

As an adjective denotative is

that denotes or names; designative.

exhilarate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (archaic) To make happy, cheer up; to gladden.
    • Good news exhilarates''' the mind; wine '''exhilarates the drinker.
  • *, II.2.4:
    • Many such tricks are ordinarily put in practice by great men, to exhilarate themselves and others, all which are harmless jests, and have their good uses.
  • To thrill refreshingly.
  • To bring new life to.

    • Related terms

    * exhilaration * hilarious * Hilary

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    denotative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That denotes or names; designative
  • * (Oliver Sacks), Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
    • There was still no concept of language (arithmetical symbolism, perhaps, is not a language, is not denotative in the same sense as words).
  • Specific to the primary meaning of a term

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