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élever — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • elevate verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
  • foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  • inveigh verb To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism
  • mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
  • nurture noun Care and encouragement given to help someone or something grow and develop.
  • raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.
  • rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
  • uplift verb To raise someone's mood, spirits, or status.

Senses

élever is used for these senses in English:

  • advance To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
  • bring up To raise or rear (children).
  • elevate (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
  • foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • inveigh (intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]
  • mount (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
  • nurture The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
  • raise To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

advance — full definition

  1. verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
  2. verb To give money before it is normally due.
  3. noun Forward movement or progress, or money paid before it is due.
  4. adj Happening or done ahead of time.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

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