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Elevate

//ˈɛləveɪt// adj, verb, slang

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Adjective

1
Elevated, raised aloft. obsolete
"1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, Henry VII, year 6, The sayde crosse was .iii. tymes deuoutly eleuate, and at euery exaltacion, ye Moores beyng within the cytie, roared, howled and cryed,"

Verb

1
To raise (something) to a higher position. transitive
"The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling."
2
raise in rank or condition wordnet
3
To promote (someone) to a higher rank. transitive
"Hard Fate of Greatness, We so highly Elevated Are more expos’d to Censure than the little ones,"
4
raise from a lower to a higher position wordnet
5
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.; To temporarily grant a program additional security privileges to the system to perform a privileged action (usually on the program's request). transitive
"Did you forget that all programs that modify the registry need to be elevated?"

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give a promotion to or assign to a higher position wordnet
7
To confer honor or nobility on (someone). transitive
"The traditional worldview elevates man as the pinnacle of creation."
8
To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value. transitive
"A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights."
9
To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things. transitive
"[…] the devout Christian improves the Blessings he receives of this inferiour World, to elevate his mind above it:"
10
To increase the intensity or degree of (something). transitive
"Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level."
11
To increase the intensity or degree of (something).; To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice). dated, transitive
"[…] the Uncle had more than once elevated his Voice, so as to be heard down Stairs;"
12
To lift the spirits of (someone) obsolete, transitive
"[…] Hope elevates, and joy Bright’ns his Crest,"
13
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy. colloquial, dated, humorous
"Steele entertained them till he was tipsy; when the same wine that stupified him, only served to elevate Addison, who took up the ball just as Steele dropt it, and kept it up for the rest of the evening."
14
To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc. Latinism, obsolete
"1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, London: Richard Royston, Volume 1, Chapter 4, Rule 2, p. 126, […] the Arabian Physicians […] endevour to elevate and lessen the thing [i.e. belief in the virgin birth of Jesus], by saying, It is not wholly beyond the force of nature, that a Virgin should conceive […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English elevaten (“to raise up, erect; to elate, inflate (e.g. with pride); (alchemy) to vaporize; (of a bone, excressence, blood vessel) to protrude”), from elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), further from Latin ēlevātus, the perfect passive participle of ēlevō (“to raise, lift up”), from ē- (“out”) + levō (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see levity and lever.

Etymology 2

From Middle English elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French élevé.

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