exalt
[ig-zawlt]
verb (used with object)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate: He was exalted to the position of president.
to praise; extol: to exalt someone to the skies.
to stimulate, as the imagination: The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.
to intensify, as a color: complementary colors exalt each other.
Obsolete. to elate, as with pride or joy.
Origin of exalt
1375–1425; late Middle English exalten < Latin exaltāre to lift up, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + alt(us) high + -āre infinitive ending
Synonym study
1. See elevate.
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Antonyms for exalt
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Related Words for exalt
glorify, magnify, dignify, laud, extol, revere, bless, acclaim, ennoble, raise, advance, applaud, intensify, eulogize, erect, worship, commend, apotheosize, upgrade, aggrandizeExamples from the Web for exalt
Contemporary Examples of exalt
Historical Examples of exalt
Favour for a person will exalt the one, as disfavour will sink the other.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
For how many years has it been my intention to exalt and ennoble you!
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
I am afraid he had none of the graces that can exalt one of these affairs.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
Some of its votaries, on the other hand, are inclined to exalt it unduly.
Introduction to the Study of HistoryCharles V. Langlois
Which of these statues is calculated to uplift and to exalt all who come near?
Italy, the Magic LandLilian Whiting
exalt
verb (tr)
Word Origin for exalt
C15: from Latin exaltāre to raise, from altus high
usage
Exalt is sometimes wrongly used where exult is meant: he was exulting (not exalting) in his win earlier that day
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