exalt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exalt	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exalt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exalt v praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" Synonym(s): laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" Synonym(s): exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" Synonym(s): inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exalt \Exalt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exalted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exalting}.] [L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See {Altitude}.] 1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up. I will exalt* my throne above the stars of God. --Is. xiv. 13. Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes --Pope. 2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency. Righteousness exalteth a nation. --Prov. xiv. 34. He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. --Luke xiv. 11. 3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. [bd]Exalt ye the Lord.[b8] --Ps. xcix. 5. In his own grace he doth exalt himself. --Shak. 4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate. They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted. --Dryden. 5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. --Is. xxxvii. 23. Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. --Prior. 6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies. With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. --Pope.