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Definition of Elevated

1. Adjective. Raised above the ground. "An elevated platform"

2. Noun. A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level.

3. Adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. "A grand purpose"

4. Adjective. Increased in amount or degree. "Raised temperature"

Definition of Elevated

1. a. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.

Definition of Elevated

1. Verb. (past of ''elevate'') ¹

2. Adjective. Above ground level. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a higher rank or status. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elevated

1. a railway that operates on a raised structure [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elevated

elesclomol eleusine eleusines eleutherin eleuthero-petalous eleutherodactyline eleutherodactylines eleutheromania eleutheromaniac eleutheromaniacs

eleutherophobia eleuthra bark elev. elevatable elevate elevated (current term) elevated hemidiaphragm elevated railroad elevated railway elevatedness

elevateds elevates elevating elevation elevational elevations elevator elevator authority elevator boy elevator car

Literary usage of Elevated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"city of Chicago, for the joint use of the three •"systems above mentioned and'another elevated system then in course of construction. ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"elevated trunk posture. flamed; urine collected from left kidney showed a few ... Patient was put in the elevated head and trunk position, urotropin was ..."

3. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Discussion of recent decisions on petitions for elevated r.rs. in and ... Minority rept. on petitions to build elevated rwys. in Boston and Its suburbs. ..."

4. New Cases: Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith (1894)
"NY elevated RR Co. brought, and that its true theory is to recover damages ... NY elevated RR CO. NY Court of Common Pleas, Special Term; February, 1894. ..."

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