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.

American Heritage

To exalt is defined as to praise the virtues of someone or to raise that person into a position of greater authority or power.

An example of exalt is when you go on and on about how good someone is and then you give him a promotion.

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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

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