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verb (used with object)
1.
to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.
2.
to raise to a higher state, rank, or office; exalt; promote: to elevate an archbishop to cardinal.
3.
to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level: Good poetry may elevate the mind.
4.
to raise the spirits; put in high spirits.
5.
to raise (the voice) in pitch or volume.
adjective
6.
Archaic. raised; elevated.
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Elevate
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Origin:
1490–1500; < Latin ēlevātus lightened, lifted up (past participle of ēlevāre), equivalent to ē- e- + lev- light + -ātus -ate1
1490–1500; < Latin ēlevātus lightened, lifted up (past participle of ēlevāre), equivalent to ē- e- + lev- light + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
non·el·e·vat·ing, adjective
re·el·e·vate, verb (used with object), re·el·e·vat·ed, re·el·e·vat·ing.
Synonyms
1. lift, hoist. 2. advance, upgrade, dignify. Elevate, enhance, exalt, heighten mean to raise or make higher in some respect. To elevate is to raise something up to a higher level, position, or state: to elevate the living standards of a group. To enhance is to add to the attractions or desirability of something: Landscaping enhances the beauty of the grounds. To exalt is to raise very high in rank, character, estimation, mood, etc.: A king is exalted above his subjects. To heighten is to increase the strength or intensity: to heighten one's powers of concentration.
1. lift, hoist. 2. advance, upgrade, dignify. Elevate, enhance, exalt, heighten mean to raise or make higher in some respect. To elevate is to raise something up to a higher level, position, or state: to elevate the living standards of a group. To enhance is to add to the attractions or desirability of something: Landscaping enhances the beauty of the grounds. To exalt is to raise very high in rank, character, estimation, mood, etc.: A king is exalted above his subjects. To heighten is to increase the strength or intensity: to heighten one's powers of concentration.
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Example Sentences
- My sense is that it would minimize partisan rants and elevate the interesting stuff to the top.
- He needs to resist the temptation to elevate some of his dodgier friends to high judicial posts.
- She loved her kind, and she lived to elevate and make them happy.
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Word Origin & History
elevate
late 15c., from L. elevatus, pp. of elevare "lift up, raise," from ex- "out" + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever). El, Amer.Eng. abbreviation of "elevated railroad" is first recorded 1906 in O. Henry.
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