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verb

Elevate v. t. (past & past part. elevated; pres. part. elevating)

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. (Colloq. & Sportive) "The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo."

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. (A Latin meaning) (Obs.)

To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.

Synonyms: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.

adjective

Elevated adj. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.

Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.

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Etymology of 'Elevated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Elevated" Quotes from Famous Books

... illuminated disc, a similar reversion of sign takes place in the constant error. With binocular vision the plane of the subjective horizon is deflected downward through 36'.62 of arc; with monocular vision it is elevated 3'.38, a difference of 40'.00, or greater than in the case of judgments made in the lighted room by 20'.64. This increase is to be expected in consequence of the elimination of those corrective criteria which the figured visual field presents. The two eyes do not, of course, function ...

— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various

... entering the mountains at the village of Nieder Breisig. A pretty valley leads us up through orchards and meadows. The lower hills are covered with vineyards and the mountains with a dense growth of bushes, so that we do not obtain an extended view until we reach an elevated ridge. ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 • Various

... "San Antonio" with appointment by Visitor Diego Garcia as procurator of the mission, in order to take immediate action in the affairs of the mission at both the royal and pontifical courts. He obtained a decree from Father General Claudius Aquaviva, by which the mission in the Filipinas was elevated to a vice-province, independent of the province of Mexico. His relation was written in 1603, and passed the censorship of vice-provincial Luis de la Puente in Valladolid. On July 17, 1606, he returned to Manila. The village of Taitai was removed to ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XII, 1601-1604 • Edited by Blair and Robertson

... very fortunate in his patroness. Lady Catherine de Bourgh's attention to his wishes, and consideration for his comfort, appeared very remarkable. Mr. Bennet could not have chosen better. Mr. Collins was eloquent in her praise. The subject elevated him to more than usual solemnity of manner, and with a most important aspect he protested that "he had never in his life witnessed such behaviour in a person of rank—such affability and condescension, as he had himself experienced from Lady Catherine. She had been graciously ...

— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... and a sprinkling of apparently unemployed and undisturbed strangers spread themselves through the shop. Outside the opened windows in the rear of the room, the elevated trains stuffed with men and women roared into a station and squealed out again. In the streets below, the traffic raised an ear-splitting medley of sound which ...

— Erik Dorn • Ben Hecht

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