Exalt Definition

ĭg-zôlt
exalted, exalting, exalts
verb
exalted, exalting, exalts
To raise on high; elevate; lift up.
Webster's New World
To glorify, praise, or honor.
American Heritage
To increase the effect or intensity of; heighten.
Works of art that exalt the imagination.
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Origin of Exalt

  • Middle English exalten from Latin exaltāre ex- up, away ex– altus high al-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French exalter, from Latin exaltare

    From Wiktionary

Exalt Sentence Examples

  • It was reserved for the 18th century to exalt Racine above Corneille.

  • It should be noticed that Hartley's sensationalism is far from leading him to exalt the corporeal pleasures.

  • The pope's attempt to unite the grandi having failed, he summoned Charles of Valois to come to his assistance, promising him the imperial crown; in 1301 Charles entered Italy, and was created by the pope paciaro or peacemaker of Tuscany, with instructions to crush the Bianchi and the popolo and exalt the Neri.

  • The whole purport of his remarks now was evidently to exalt himself and insult Alexander--just what he had least desired at the commencement of the interview.

  • Here we may notice that the perpetuation of the republic by means of the armed forces tended to exalt the army at the expense of the civil authorities.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXA

Words Ending With

TLTALT

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Words Starting With E and Ending With T

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