elevatory
- a word derived from elevate.
Example Sentences
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Shells thus cast up by gales, would, during an elevatory period, never again be touched by the sea.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
As a matter of fact, the "elevatory theory," or the "elevation-crater theory," as it is called by Scrope, has been almost universally abandoned by writers on vulcanicity.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
Hence in these cases it would appear, that volcanos burst forth into action and become extinguished on the same spots, accordingly as elevatory or subsiding movements prevail there.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
Occasionally some of the calamite brakes and forests of Sigillariae and Coniferae were exposed in the flood season, or sometimes, perhaps, by slight elevatory movements to the denuding action of the river or the sea.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
I think it will not be disputed, considering the presence of the upraised marine shells, that the sea has been the active power during stages of some kind in the elevatory process.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
