exalt
Americanverb (used with object)
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to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate.
He was exalted to the position of president.
- Antonyms:
- humble
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to praise; extol.
to exalt someone to the skies.
- Synonyms:
- glorify
- Antonyms:
- depreciate
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to stimulate, as the imagination.
The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.
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to intensify, as a color.
complementary colors exalt each other.
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Obsolete. to elate, as with pride or joy.
verb
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to raise or elevate in rank, position, dignity, etc
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to praise highly; glorify; extol
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to stimulate the mind or imagination of; excite
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to increase the intensity of (a colour, etc)
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to fill with joy or delight; elate
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obsolete to lift up physically
Usage
Exalt is sometimes wrongly used where exult is meant: he was exulting (not exalting ) in his win earlier that day
Synonym Usage
See elevate.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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exaltsimple
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exaltssimple
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have exaltedperfect
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has exaltedperfect
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am exaltingprogressive
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are exaltingprogressive
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is exaltingprogressive
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have been exaltingperfect progressive
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has been exaltingperfect progressive
Past
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exaltedsimple
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had exaltedperfect
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was exaltingprogressive
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were exaltingprogressive
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had been exaltingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of exalt
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English exalten, from Latin exaltāre “to lift up,” from ex- ex- 1 + alt(us) “high” + -āre, infinitive verb ending
Explanation
You might like your manager, but if you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like royalty. To exalt is to hold or raise someone up to a high position or status. It doesn't have to mean literally putting that person into a high position, but instead treating them almost like nobility. Overly doting parents exalt their infant to the point where they praise him every time he wets his diaper and call the neighbors over every time he coos.
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Example Sentences
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A more substantial offering, with vocals by the gospel stalwart Nikki Ross, unfolds as a three-part praise-and-worship medley: “I Love You Lord/We Exalt Thee/In The Beginning.”
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2014
She was accepted into a job-training internship with Exalt, a nonprofit organization in Brooklyn Heights.
From New York Times • May 4, 2013
Exalt does research and development of software and mobile phone technologies outsourced by companies like Cisco, Hewlett-Packard and French-American group Alcatel-Lucent and is one of the sector's biggest and most profitable companies.
From Reuters • Apr. 17, 2013
Wilt thou dare To disannul my judgments? and above Unerring wisdom, and unbounded power Exalt thine own?
From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard
Friend, as we both in confidence complain To see our ill-placed hopes return in vain, Let that chief good which must for ever please Exalt our thought and fix our happiness.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
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