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To elevate is to lift something up, to promote, or to boost.
(verb)- An example of elevate is to prop a foot up on a pillow.
- An example of elevate is give a secretary a promotion to manager.
- An example of elevate is to tell someone how good they're going to do with their presentation.
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See elevate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb elevated, elevating
- to lift up; raise
- to raise the pitch or volume of (esp. the voice)
- to raise (a person) in rank or position; promote
- to raise to a higher intellectual or moral level
- to raise the spirits of; elate; exhilarate
Origin: ME elevaten < L elevatus, pp. of elevare, to raise < e-, out + levare, to make light, lift < levis, light
adjective
Archaic elevated
See elevate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates
- To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift.
- To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of.
- To promote to a higher rank.
- To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level.
- To lift the spirits of; elate. See Synonyms at lift.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English elevaten
Origin: , from Latin ēlevāre, ēlevāt-
Origin: : ē-, ex-, up; see ex-
Origin: + levāre, to raise; see legwh- in Indo-European roots
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