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
Up to that hour, she had exalted him always at her own expense.
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
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
It is evident that Hallam’s translation in death, had exalted his friend’s estimation of him whilst living, for see the Poet’s note at the end of Poem xcvii.
From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Mrs. Alfred Gatty
But when the esquire became a king the lady would have none of him, but turned her love to the knight who had exalted him to his high estate.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle
