Definitions of elevate

1. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

2. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

3. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

4. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

5. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

6. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; - said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

7. To raise from a lower to a higher position; ennoble; animate; inspire: raise by training or education.

8. To raise to a higher position: to raise in mind and feelings: to improve: to cheer.

9. To raise high, or higher; to cheer.

10. To raise promote; exalt; cheer; inspire.

11. raise from a lower to a higher position; " Raise your hands"; " Lift a load"

12. 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"

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. Elevated; raised aloft.

16. Elevated.