Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - elevate
Elevate
elevate
v.tr. 1 bring to a higher position. 2 Eccl. hold up (the Host or the chalice) for adoration. 3 raise, lift (one's eyes etc.). 4 raise the axis of (a gun). 5 raise (a railway etc.) above ground level. 6 exalt in rank etc. 7 (usu. as elevated adj.) raise morally or intellectually (elevated style). 8 (as elevated adj.) colloq. slightly drunk. Derivatives elevatory adj. Etymology: L elevare raise (as E-, levis light)
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I. adjective Date: 14th century ~d, II. verb (-vated; -vating) see: lever Date: 15th century transitive verb to lift up or make higher ; raise , to raise in rank or status , to improve morally, intellectually, or culturally , to raise the spirits of ; elate, intransitive verb to become ~d ; rise , see: lift ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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