exalt
verb (used with object)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate.
had exalted
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past perfectof exalt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Undedicated at Marion, Ohio stood the tomb of the man he had exalted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had he, who in boyhood had known no law, who in manhood had exalted himself above law, in truth found the shining ways?
From The Turtles of Tasman by Jack London
The spirit which had exalted him for a moment took flight, and his heart rose into his throat.
From The Eternal City by Sir Hall Caine
And the inspiring consciousness breathed into her by Savonarola’s influence that her lot was vitally united with the general lot had exalted even the minor details of obligation into religion.
From Romola by George Eliot
While the British nation was endeared to the Americans by this community of danger, and identity of interest, the brilliant achievements of the war had exalted to enthusiasm their admiration of British valour.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
