Elevate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Elevated; raised aloft.

II. Elevate ·vt To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

III. Elevate ·vt To Lessen; to detract from; to Disparage.

IV. Elevate ·vt To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness;

— said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

V. Elevate ·vt To raise to a higher station; to Promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

VI. Elevate ·vt To raise from a depressed state; to Animate; to Cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

VII. Elevate ·vt To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to Raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, ·etc.

VIII. Elevate ·vt To Exalt; to Ennoble; to Dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

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