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verb

Elevate v. t. (past & past part. elevated; pres. part. elevating)

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. (Colloq. & Sportive) "The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo."

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. (A Latin meaning) (Obs.)

To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.

Synonyms: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.

adjective

Elevate adj. Elevated; raised aloft. (Poetic)

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"Elevate" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Heresy!" and the doctrine of Calvin was put upon trial before the Calvinists. The outcome of a discussion that extended itself far beyond the boundaries of the comparatively small and uninfluential German Reformed Church was to elevate the point of view and broaden the horizon of American students of the constitution and history of the church. Later generations of such students owe no light obligation to the fidelity and courage of Dr. Nevin, as well as to the erudition and immense productive diligence of his ...

— A History of American Christianity • Leonard Woolsey Bacon

... of Granada, into which we are about to penetrate, is one of the most mountainous regions of Spain. Vast sierras, or chains of mountains, destitute of shrub or tree, and mottled with variegated marbles and granites, elevate their sun-burnt summits against a deep-blue sky; yet in their rugged bosoms lie engulfed the most verdant and fertile valley, where the desert and the garden strain for mastery, and the very rock is, as it were, compelled to yield the fig, the orange, and the citron, and to blossom ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19, Issue 547, May 19, 1832 • Various

... opposition did not lack daring in making assertions contrary to facts. Charges were now made that the mayor was in league with the railroad to foist upon the city a great burden of expense, because the law under which cities could compel railroads to elevate their tracks declared that one-fifth of the burden of expense must be borne by the city and the remaining four-fifths by the railroad. It would saddle a debt of $250,000 upon the taxpayers, they said, ...

— Twelve Men • Theodore Dreiser

... that he intended to remain where he was and perform his consular duties, to appoint him his secretary, and to elevate the United States in the opinion of the Opekians above ...

— The Exiles and Other Stories • Richard Harding Davis

... expectation of an approaching change of system, I am sorry to say that all my labors will prove abortive; for the slightest causes will be sufficient to deject minds sore with the remembrance of past conflicts, and to elevate those whose only dependence is placed in the renewal of the confusion which I have labored with such zeal to eradicate, and will of course debilitate the authority which can alone insure future success. ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XII. (of XII.) • Edmund Burke

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