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exalted

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ex⋅alt⋅ed

  [ig-zawl-tid]
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–adjective
1. raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station: an exalted personage.
2. noble or elevated; lofty: an exalted style of writing.
3. rapturously excited.
Origin:
1585–95; exalt + -ed 2

Related forms:
ex⋅alt⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
ex⋅alt⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. sublime, grand.

ex⋅alt

  [ig-zawlt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate: He was exalted to the position of president.
2. to praise; extol: to exalt someone to the skies.
3. to stimulate, as the imagination: The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.
4. to intensify, as a color: complementary colors exalt each other.
5. Obsolete. to elate, as with pride or joy.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME exalten < L exaltāre to lift up, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + alt(us) high + -āre inf. ending

Related forms:
ex⋅alt⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. promote, dignify, raise, ennoble. See elevate. 2. glorify.

Antonyms:
1. humble. 2. depreciate.
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ex·alt   (ĭg-zôlt')   
tr.v.   ex·alt·ed, ex·alt·ing, ex·alts

  1. To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier.

  2. To glorify, praise, or honor.

  3. To increase the effect or intensity of; heighten: works of art that exalt the imagination.

  4. Obsolete To fill with sublime emotion; elate.


[Middle English exalten, from Latin exaltāre : ex-, up, away; see ex- + altus, high; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.]
ex·alt'er n.
ex·alt·ed   (ĭg-zôl'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Elevated in rank, character, or status.

  2. Lofty; sublime; noble: an exalted dedication to liberty.

  3. Exaggerated; inflated: He has an exalted sense of his importance to the project.

ex·alt'ed·ly adv., ex·alt'ed·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

exalt 
1389 (implied in exaltation), from L. exaltare "raise, elevate," from ex- "out, up" + altus "high."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·alt
Pronunciation: ig-'zolt
Function: transitive verb
: to cause (virulence) to increase exalted byaddition of mucin to a bacterial culture>; also : to increase the virulence of <exalt a virus by repeated rapid passage through susceptible hosts>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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