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Definition of Elevate
1. Verb. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
Generic synonyms: Assign, Delegate, Depute, Designate
Specialized synonyms: Tenure, Bring Up, Spot Promote, Ennoble, Entitle, Gentle, Favor, Favour, Prefer, Brevet
Derivative terms: Advancement, Elevation, Elevation, Promotion
Antonyms: Demote
2. Verb. Raise from a lower to a higher position. "The men elevate the chairs"; "Lift a load"
Specialized synonyms: Get Up, Jack, Jack Up, Shoulder, Kick Up, Hoist, Lift, Wind, Trice, Trice Up, Hoist, Run Up, Hoist, Pump, Levitate, Underlay, Skid, Pinnacle, Chin, Chin Up, Leaven, Prove, Raise, Heighten, Boost, Hike, Hike Up, Gather Up, Lift Up, Pick Up, Erect, Rear
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Causes: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Derivative terms: Elevation, Elevation, Elevation, Elevator, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lift, Lifter, Raise, Raise
Also: Lift Up
Antonyms: Lower
3. Verb. Raise in rank or condition. "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Dignify, Exalt
Derivative terms: Elevation, Elevation
Definition of Elevate
1. a. Elevated; raised aloft.
2. v. t. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
Definition of Elevate
1. Verb. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone). ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to elate. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elevate
1. to raise [v -VATED, -VATING, -VATES] - See also: raise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elevate
Literary usage of Elevate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of by William Guthrie, John Knox, James Ferguson (1801)
"lit given place. , Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and elevate the
pole ac- . rding to the latitude of the faid place ; then fix the quadrant ..."
2. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"elevate. There are two intentions with which anything may be lifted from the ...
We employ ' to elevate ' now in the former intention; our ancestors for the ..."
3. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"Once again elevate your eye, and a still more aerial flight is descried ; and
there, again, is the delirious Piranesi, busy on his aspiring labours : and so ..."
4. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"... that, in the lapse of the divine periods, other divine agents and godlike men
will assist to elevate the race as much above its present ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In order to elevate religious life and ecclesiastical discipline, the Prince
Primate Alexander Rudnay held a great national synod in 1822, ..."
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