'Elevate' definitions:
Definition of 'elevate'
From: WordNet
verb
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate]
verb
Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down]
verb
Definition of 'Elevate'
From: GCIDE
- Elevate \El"e*vate\, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.] Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Elevate'
From: GCIDE
- Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity.]
- 1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.
- Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elevate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acculturate,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- apotheose,
- apotheosize,
- beatify,
- better,
- boost,
- bring forward,
- buoy up,
- canonize,
- cast up,
- civilize,
- crown,
- deify,
- edify,
- educate,
- elate,
- emend,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- ennoble,
- enrich,
- enshrine,
- enthrone,
- erect,
- escalate,
- exalt,
- fatten,
- favor,
- flush,
- forward,
- foster,
- glamorize,
- glorify,
- go straight,
- graduate,
- heave,
- heft,
- heighten,
- heist,
- hike,
- hoick,
- hoist,
- hold up,
- immortalize,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- jerk up,
- kick upstairs,
- knight,
- knock up,
- lard,
- levitate,
- lift,
- lift up,
- lionize,
- lob,
- loft,
- magnify,
- make an improvement,
- make legendary,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- nurture,
- pass,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pitch,
- prefer,
- promote,
- raise,
- raise aloft,
- raise up,
- rear,
- rear aloft,
- rear up,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- rise,
- saint,
- sanctify,
- set up,
- sky,
- socialize,
- stand upright,
- stick up,
- straighten out,
- take up,
- throne,
- throw up,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- up,
- upbuoy,
- upcast,
- upend,
- upgrade,
- upheave,
- uphoist,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- upright,
- upthrow
Words containing 'Elevate'
- 'Eleve,
- Elevated,
- Elevating,
- Elevation,
- Elevator,
- Angle of elevation,
- Elevated railway,
- Elevation of the host,
- Elevator boot,
- Elevator head,
- Elevator leg,
- Elevator shoes,
- Hydraulic elevator,
- Pneumatic elevator,
- Service elevator,
- To elevate a piece,
- elevated railroad,
- elevator boy,
- elevator car,
- elevator girl,
- elevator man,
- elevator operator,
- elevator shaft,
- food elevator,
- freight elevator,
- natural elevation