elevate

[ verb el-uh-veyt; adjective el-uh-veyt, -vit ]

/ verb ˈɛl əˌveɪt; adjective ˈɛl əˌveɪt, -vɪt /

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verb (used with object), el·e·vat·ed, el·e·vat·ing.

to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.

to raise to a higher state, rank, or office; exalt; promote: to elevate an archbishop to cardinal.

to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level: Good poetry may elevate the mind.

to raise the spirits; put in high spirits.

to raise (the voice) in pitch or volume.

adjective

Archaic. raised; elevated.

OTHER WORDS FOR elevate

1 lift, hoist.

2 advance, upgrade, dignify.

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Origin of elevate

1490–1500; <Latin ēlevātus lightened, lifted up (past participle of ēlevāre), equivalent to ē-e-¹ + lev- light + -ātus-ate¹

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2. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM elevate

non·el·e·vat·ing, adjectivere·el·e·vate, verb (used with object), re·el·e·vat·ed, re·el·e·vat·ing.

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How to use elevate in a sentence

Steinmetz is one of four practice squad players Washington protected this week, and it may have to elevate him for the game — for depth, if nothing else.
Washington is now down to its fourth option at left tackle: Right tackle Morgan Moses|Nicki Jhabvala|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
In my mind, her cooking elevates the chalet to five-star status.
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Meanwhile, reporter Gene Park elevated the series to “must wait at GameStop on midnight launch day,” a distinction he usually reserved for “Halo” and “Zelda” games.
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Most of the unstable air will be “elevated” in nature, while the deeper, unstable air mass rooted to the ground should stay to our south, over the Carolinas.
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Let’s look at some numbers that show how much both players have elevated their games in the last four years.
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“Sometimes elevating the heart rate will cause additional pounding in your head,” says Crandall.
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How effective do you feel the medium is in campaigning for social justice and elevating social consciousness?
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Last year Ellen Page made waves by elevating the celebrity video game cameo to an art form.
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Jenkins manages to humanize Manning while simultaneously explaining and elevating his mythology.
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Bratton brought along Maple, elevating him in a single leap from Lieutenant to Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
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These gloomy crypts are a school of Christian love and gentle charity, of ennobling thoughts and elevating impulses.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
He has no surplus force left to expend in elevating mental pursuits, for it has been all exhausted in severe physical labor.
A California Girl|Edward Eldridge
Evading any further question, Peter hastily traversed the vault, elevating the light so as to reveal the contents of each cell.
Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
In arostatics, a machine or apparatus for elevating and sustaining bodies in the air.
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Love, protective and elevating on the one side, must be met with love, confiding and trustful on the other.
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British Dictionary definitions for elevate

elevate

/ (ˈɛlɪˌveɪt) /

verb (tr)

to move to a higher place

to raise in rank or status; promote

to put in a cheerful mood; elate

to put on a higher cultural plane; upliftto elevate the tone of a conversation

to raise the axis of a gun

to raise the intensity or pitch of (the voice)

RC Church to lift up (the Host) at Mass for adoration

Derived forms of elevate

elevatory, adjective

Word Origin for elevate

C15: from Latin ēlevāre from levāre to raise, from levis (adj) light

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