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el·evate (el′ə vāt′)

transitive verb elevated -·vat′·ed, elevating -·vat′·ing

  1. to lift up; raise
  2. to raise the pitch or volume of (esp. the voice)
  3. to raise (a person) in rank or position; promote
  4. to raise to a higher intellectual or moral level
  5. to raise the spirits of; elate; exhilarate

Etymology: ME elevaten < L elevatus, pp. of elevare, to raise < e-, out + levare, to make light, lift < levis, light

adjective

Archaic elevated

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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