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elevar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elevate verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
  • exalt verb To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
  • heighten verb To increase the intensity, degree, or effect of something.
  • involve verb To include something as a necessary part.
  • lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
  • up adverb Toward or in a higher position; away from the ground.
  • uplift verb To raise someone's mood, spirits, or status.

Senses

elevar is used for these senses in English:

  • elevate (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
  • exalt (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
  • heighten To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  • involve (mathematics) To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.
  • lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • uplift To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.

elevate — full definition

  1. verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
  2. verb To raise someone's rank, status, or the quality of something.

exalt — full definition

  1. verb To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
  2. verb To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
  3. verb To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
  4. verb To refine or subtilize.

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