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Elevate Meaning & Definition
Elevate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elevate?

[v] raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
[v] raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
[v] give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elevate: advance | bring up | get up | kick upstairs | lift | lift | promote | raise | raise | raise | upgrade

Related Terms | Find terms related to Elevate: acculturate | advance | aggrandize | ameliorate | amend | apotheose | apotheosize | beatify | better | boost | bring forward | buoy up | canonize | cast up | civilize | crown | deify | edify | educate | elate | emend | enhance | enlighten | ennoble | enrich | enshrine | enthrone | erect | escalate | exalt | fatten | favor | flush | forward | foster | glamorize | glorify | go straight | graduate | heave | heft | heighten | heist | hike | hoick | hoist | hold up | immortalize | improve | improve upon | jerk up | kick upstairs | knight | knock up | lard | levitate | lift | lift up | lionize | lob | loft | magnify | make an improvement | make legendary | meliorate | mend | nurture | pass | perk up | pick up | pitch | prefer | promote | raise | raise aloft | raise up | rear | rear aloft | rear up | refine upon | reform | rise | saint | sanctify | set up | sky | socialize | stand upright | stick up | straighten out | take up | throne | throw up | transfigure | transform | up | upbuoy | upcast | upend | upgrade | upheave | uphoist | uphold | uplift | upraise | uprear | upright | upthrow

See Also | alter | arise | assign | boost | brevet | bring up | change | chin | chin up | come up | delegate | depute | designate | dignify | displace | ennoble | entitle | erect | exalt | favor | favour | gather up | gentle | go up | heighten | hike | hike up | hoist | jack | jack up | kick up | leaven | levitate | lift up | move | move up | pick up | pinnacle | prefer | prove | pump | rear | rise | run up | shoulder | skid | spot promote | tenure | trice | trice up | underlay | uprise | wind

Elevate In Webster's Dictionary

\El"e*vate\, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.] Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton.
\El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elevated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elevating}.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See {Levity}.] 1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc. 2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. 3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. 4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. 5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. 6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] ``The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.'' --Sir W. Scott. 7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {To elevate a piece} (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech. Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.

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