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elevate

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el⋅e⋅vate

  [v. el-uh-veyt; adj. el-uh-veyt, -vit] verb, -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing, adjective
Use elevate in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1490–1500; < L ēlevātus lightened, lifted up (ptp. of ēlevāre), equiv. to ē- e- + lev- light + -ātus -ate 1

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.
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el·e·vate   (ěl'ə-vāt')   
tr.v.   ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates

  1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift.

  2. To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of.

  3. To promote to a higher rank.

  4. To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level.

  5. To lift the spirits of; elate. See Synonyms at lift.


[Middle English elevaten, from Latin ēlevāre, ēlevāt- : ē-, ex-, up; see ex- + levāre, to raise; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

elevate 
1497, from L. elevatus, pp. of elevare "lift up, raise," from ex- "out" + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever). Elevator in the mechanical sense is from 1825, originally for grain. Elevator music is from 1970s. El, Amer.Eng. abbrev. of "elevated railroad" is first recorded 1906 in O. Henry. Elevator shoes patented 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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