ELEVATE
\ˈɛlɪvˌe͡ɪt], \ˈɛlɪvˌeɪt], \ˈɛ_l_ɪ_v_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ELEVATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
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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"
By Princeton University
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raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Elevated; raised aloft.
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To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
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To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
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To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
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To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
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To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
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To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; - said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
By Oddity Software
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Elevated; raised aloft.
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To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
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To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
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To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
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To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
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To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
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To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; - said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
By Noah Webster.
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Elevated; raised aloft.
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To raise from a lower place to a higher; to raise to a higher rank or status; to improve or raise in refinement or character; to elate with pride; to cheer; to raise from any tone to one more acute; to augment or swell.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To raise from a lower to a higher position; ennoble; animate; inspire: raise by training or education.
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Elevated.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Elevated.
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To raise to a higher state or station; to exalt; to refine; to raise in mind and habits; to raise in height, as the voice.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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