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单词 altify
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altifyv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alti- comb. form, -fy suffix.
Etymology: < alti- comb. form + -fy suffix. Compare post-classical Latin altificare (Vetus Latina). Compare earlier (with different sense) altification n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To lift up, make high, exalt (literally or figuratively).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)]
overOE
mountc1330
risec1384
raise?c1425
to get upa1500
to screw up?1614
sublime1616
altify1643
1643 W. Lithgow Present Surveigh London & Englands State sig. B3 The Northeast cornerd Bulwark is double altified above the rest of the worke.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cumb. 217 Every County is given to magnify (not to say altify) their own things therein.

Derivatives

altified adj. Lifted up, made high, exalted.
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1643 W. Lithgow Present Surveigh London & Englands State sig. B3 The altified bulwark is twice pallosaded.
1705 in L. E. Carroll Hymn Writers Early Pennsylvania (2008) ii. 27 Thou art, like the North Star In heaven altified.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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