exalt
verb (used with object)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate.
have exalted
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present perfectof exalt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After all, we have exalted consumerism above other values.
From Time ● Dec. 15, 2013
There are some old boats in the company," hissed he, ". . . who, because they have exalted egos since they have no competition for their roles, would like to be dictators of the Metropolitan.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a new order of nobility that the press of our great cities and the pink and green pamphleteers of our literati have exalted to the highest place among us almost overnight.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have exalted Thy holiness through Thine Own Self before the dwellers of the heavens and the earth, bearing witness that in truth Thou art the Most Sanctified, the Most Holy.
From Selections From the Writings of the Báb by Báb
As we have seen, the leaders have exalted our Lord in a wonderful way, and have exhibited even a passion for Him in some ways.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
