exalt
verb (used with object)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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He or she will not, I hope, think that, in narrating these incidents, I am exalting my poor part in them unduly.
From Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by W. J. S.