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Definition of Elevating
1. elevate [v] - See also: elevate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elevating
Literary usage of Elevating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Conquest of the Air: Aeronautics, Aviation; History, Theory, Practice by Alphonse Berget (1909)
"Elevating rudder resistance (ascending) Elevating rudder (descending) Flo. 7.
Action of the elevating rudder Air say, to incline the balloon, ..."
2. Mining and Engineering: And Miner's Guide by Henry A. Gordon (1894)
"HYDRAULIC SLUICING AND Elevating. IN New Zealand, where there are in places great
depths of auriferous gravel-drift in terraces or flats, and, ..."
3. The Class Struggle (Erfurt Program) by Karl Kautsky (1910)
"The Conflict Between the Elevating and Degrading Tendencies Which Affect the
Proletariat. The elevation of the working-class is a necessary and inevitable ..."
4. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"Elevating Tower, Cable-car Distribution. — The coal and ash- handling system of
the Delray Station of the Detroit Edison Company is a typical example of a ..."