elevated

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elevated

lifted up; raised; high
exalted; dignified; lofty
high-spirited; exhilarated
higher than normal: an elevated temperature

elevated railway

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elevated

adjective

a. Raised, especially above the ground: an elevated platform.
b. Increased in amount or degree: an elevated temperature.
a. Morally or intellectually superior.
b. Formal; lofty: an elevated prose style.
Elated in feeling or mood; high-spirited.
Slightly drunk; tipsy: “[Samuel Johnson], from drinking only water, supposed everybody who drank wine to be elevated” ( James Boswell )

noun

An elevated railway.

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Verb

simple past tense and past participle of elevate

Adjective

(comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated)

Raised, particularly above ground level.
Increased, particularly above a normal level.
Of a higher rank or status.

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Holding her head elevated, as Mums had instructed, he offered the bottle.
Worry, but no elevated level of distress crossed her features.
This elevated region is known as the plateau of Matto Grosso, and its elevations so far as known rarely exceed 3000 ft.
They sprinted across the floor and leaped up to the elevated platforms, poking their soft muzzles into the stanchions to gobble the grain.
From their elevated position they could overlook the entire valley, but not a single moving object could they see.

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