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Webster 1913 Edition

Elevate

El′e-vate

,
Adj.
[L.
elevatus
, p. p.]
Elevated; raised aloft.
[Poetic]
Milton.

El′e-vate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Elevated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Elevating
.]
[L.
elevatus
, p. p. of
elevare
;
e
+
levare
to lift up, raise, akin to
levis
light in weight. See
Levity
.]
1.
To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise;
as, to
elevate
a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
2.
To raise to a higher station; to promote;
as, to
elevate
to an office, or to a high social position
.
3.
To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer;
as, to
elevate
the spirits
.
4.
To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify;
as, to
elevate
the mind or character
.
5.
To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; – said of sounds;
as, to
elevate
the voice
.
6.
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive]
“The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.”
Sir W. Scott.
7.
To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
[A Latin meaning]
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. – To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Elevate

EL'EVATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. elevo; e and levo, to raise; Eng. to lift. See Lift.]
1.
To raise, in a literal and general sense; to raise from a low or deep place to a higher.
2.
To exalt; to raise to higher state or station; as, to elevate a man to an office.
3.
To improve, refine or dignify; to raise from or above low conceptions; as, to elevate the mind.
4.
To raise from a low or common state; to exalt; as, to elevate the character; to elevate a nation.
5.
To elate with price.
6.
To excite; to cheer; to animate; as, to elevate the spirits.
7.
To take from; to detract; to lessen by detraction. [Not used.]
8.
To raise from any tone to one more acute; as, to elevate the voice.
9.
To augment or swell; to make louder, as sound.

EL'EVATE

,
Adj.
[L. elevatus.] Elevated; raised aloft.

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