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elevatory, a. and n.|ˈɛlɪveɪtərɪ|
[f. elevator: see -ory.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to elevation, that tends to elevate.
1. Geol. Concerned in raising or tending to raise the crust of the earth.
1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 117 The disturbing and dislocating force of the elevatory movements. 1847H. Miller First Impr. xi. (1861) 140 Should the time ever arrive when the elevatory agencies motionless and chill shall sleep within their profound depths. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 205 Elevatory forces must have been at work.
2. In a non-material sense.
1851Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. i. xiv. §5 The moral feelings are thus elevatory of the mental faculties.
B. n. = elevator 2 [as if ad. L. *ēlevātōrium; so Fr. élévatoire, It. elevatorio].
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 91 If a depression of the Cranium be, strive with the elevatorie to raise it. 1758J. S. tr. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) D d iij, Vectis, an Elevatory used to raise depress'd Bones. 1832in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |