exalt

[ ig-zawlt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate: He was exalted to the position of president.

  2. to praise; extol: to exalt someone to the skies.

  1. to stimulate, as the imagination: The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.

  2. to intensify, as a color: complementary colors exalt each other.

  3. Obsolete. to elate, as with pride or joy.

Origin of exalt

1
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

synonym study For exalt

1. See elevate.

Other words for exalt

Opposites for exalt

Other words from exalt

  • ex·alt·er, noun
  • self-ex·alt·ing, adjective
  • su·per·ex·alt, verb (used with object)
  • un·ex·alt·ing, adjective

Words that may be confused with exalt

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How to use exalt in a sentence

  • Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.

  • And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

    His Last Week | William E. Barton
  • Religion seems to have been invented but to exalt princes above their nations, and to deliver the people to their discretion.

  • Do not misunderstand me, however, and imagine that I wish to exalt Chopin at the expense of another great musician.

British Dictionary definitions for exalt

exalt

/ (ɪɡˈzɔːlt) /


verb(tr)
  1. to raise or elevate in rank, position, dignity, etc

  2. to praise highly; glorify; extol

  1. to stimulate the mind or imagination of; excite

  2. to increase the intensity of (a colour, etc)

  3. to fill with joy or delight; elate

  4. obsolete to lift up physically

Origin of exalt

1
C15: from Latin exaltāre to raise, from altus high

usage For exalt

Exalt is sometimes wrongly used where exult is meant: he was exulting (not exalting) in his win earlier that day

Derived forms of exalt

  • exalter, noun

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