Definitions for: Exalt


[v] raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
[v] praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
[v] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
[v] heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*alt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exalted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exalting.] [L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make
high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See Altitude.]
1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. --Is.
xiv. 13.

Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes --Pope.

2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or
the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to
the throne, a citizen to the presidency.

Righteousness exalteth a nation. --Prov. xiv.
34.

He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. --Luke
xiv. 11.

3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol;
to glorify. ``Exalt ye the Lord.'' --Ps. xcix. 5.

In his own grace he doth exalt himself. --Shak.

4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with
delight or satisfaction; to elate.

They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were
mightily exalted. --Dryden.

5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical
instrument. --Is. xxxvii. 23.

Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice.
--Prior.

6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or
concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.

With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. --Pope.

Synonyms: animate, beatify, enliven, exhilarate, extol, glorify, inebriate, inspire, invigorate, laud, proclaim, thrill

See Also: canonize, crack up, deify, elate, elevate, encourage, ensky, excite, hymn, intoxicate, lift, lift up, pick up, praise, raise, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, uplift

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