el•e•vate
Pronunciation: (v.el'u-vāt"adj.el'u-vāt", -vit), [key]
— v., adj. -vat•ed, -vat•ing,
—v.t.
- to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.
- to raise to a higher state, rank, or office; exalt; promote: to elevate an archbishop to cardinal.
- to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level: Good poetry may elevate the mind.
- to raise the spirits; put in high spirits.
- to raise (the voice) in pitch or volume.
—adj.
- raised; elevated.
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