elevate
/ˈɛləveɪt/
To raise to a higher position; To promote to a higher rank; To increase the intensity or degree of
- he/she/it
- elevates
- past participle
- elevated
Meanings
- 1
To raise (something) to a higher position
The road here elevates slightly.
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- 2
To promote (someone) to a higher rank
- 3
To increase the intensity or degree of (something)
- 4
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.; To temporarily grant a program additional security privileges to the system to perform a privileged action (usually on the program's request)rare
- 5
To confer honor or nobility on (someone)rare
- 6
To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater valuerare
- 7
To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy thingsrare
- 8
To increase the intensity or degree of (something).; To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice)rare
- 9
To lift the spirits of — someonerare
- 10
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsyrare