Chiefly with up: To cheer, encourage. Also, To elate, puff up (with pride). †to lift up oneself of (something): to pride oneself upon. Now dialect…

To make (a person) elated, proud, or vain; esp. in passive to be elated, gratified; to be proud, or ‘stuck-up’.

To raise the spirits of (a person), inspirit, encourage; to stimulate, excite; also, to puff up, make proud. Also absol. and (rarely) reflexive.

To elate with pride. Obsolete.