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
My friend," exclaimed the mule that carried only the oats, and whom the robbers had not troubled about, "it is not always good to have exalted work to do.
From The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney by Tilney, Frederick Colin
Mrs. Waite is a woman of fine mind, engaging manners, and great force of character, and is in every way worthy of the position in life to which her husband's distinguished abilities have exalted her.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various
