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superexalt

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ex⋅alt

  [ig-zawlt]
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–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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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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