Elevate(a.) Elevated; raised aloft.
Elevate(v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
Elevate(v. t.) To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
Elevate(v. t.) To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
Elevate(v. t.) To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
Elevate(v. t.) To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
Elevate(v. t.) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
Elevate(v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
Elevated(a.) Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.
Elevated(imp. & p. p.) of Elevate
Elevating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elevate
Elevation(n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
Elevation(n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
Elevation(n.) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
Elevation(n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
Elevation(n.) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
Elevation(n.) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; -- distinguished from direction.
Elevation(n.) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.
Elevator(n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
Elevator(n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
Elevator(n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
Elevator(n.) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
Elevator(n.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
Elevator(n.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
Eleve(n.) A pupil; a student.
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