elevateadj.

/ˈɛlɪveɪt/

Forms: Also Middle English eleuat(e, (Middle English eliuate), 1500s elevat.

Etymology: < Latin ēlevātus, past participle of ēlevāre to elevate.

Used as past participle of elevate v.; also = elevated adj.; in various senses. From 18th cent. only poetic.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > exalted in rank

higheOE

stern of slatec1300

greatc1325

differentc1384

excellentc1400

haught1470

upper1477

elevate?1504

of sort1606

sublime1606

eminenta1616

exalted1623

elevated1665

uppish1797

ranking1847

high-up1848

high-ranking1850

superimposed1861

salt1868

top-ranking1936

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > raised

rearedc1330

araisedc1340

loft14..

upraisedc1400

upreared1422

raiseda1450

uplentc1450

sublevate?1523

enhancedc1540

elevated1553

well-raised1575

elevate1598

extolled1608

exalteda1616

relevated1635

elatea1730

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] > specifically of things or ideas

regal1561

prince-worthy1574

mounted1601

august1602

elevated1604

venerable1615

tall1655

seraphical1656

big1660

rarefied1662

elevate1667

grand1678

dignified1763

princessly1813

sublimized1827

high-stepping1867

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent

magnificenta1460

statelya1525

magnifical1533

tragical1533

lofty1565

tragic1566

sublime1586

over-high1587

magnific1589

heroic1590

buskina1593

grandiloquous1593

full-mouthed1594

high-pitched1594

buskined1595

full-mouth1595

high-borne1596

altisonant1612

Roman1619

high-sounding1624

transcendent1631

magniloquent1640

loud1651

altiloquent1656

grandiloquent1656

largiloquent1656

altisonous1661

tall1670

elevate1673

grandisonous1674

sounding1683

exalted1684

grandisonant1684

grandific1727

magniloquous1727

orotund1799

superb1825

spread eagle1839

grandiose1840

magnisonanta1843

togated1868

elevated1875

mandarin1959

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §23. 32 This is to seyn, as many degrees as thy pool is eleuat, so michel is the latitude of the Regioun.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 227 If that ston be oon say..by what arte hit was elevate.

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. dd.iii He in rychesse shall be so eleuate.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxxii. sig. l.iiii The graue was opened eleuat was the chest.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 205 A tombe, eleuate & arched.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 558 In thoughts more elevate .

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 22 This is elevate, this is the new way of writing.

1676 E. Halley Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 228 St. Helena..where the south pole is considerably elevate.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 24 Souls elevate, Angelick, wing'd with Fire.

1814 R. Southey Roderick vi Elevate Amid the thousands..above their heads upraised.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 108 There had been shaggy eyebrows elevate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

elevatev.

/ˈɛlɪveɪt/

Forms: Also 1500s ellevate, eleuate.

Etymology: < Latin ēlevāt- participial stem of ēlevāre, < ē out + levāre (related to levis light) to render light, lighten, hence, to lift, raise.

†I. To lighten or lessen.

1. transitive. To lighten, lessen the weight of; to depreciate, extenuate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

low1340

dispraisec1386

minish1402

deroge1427

detractc1449

descryc1450

detrayc1475

dismerit1484

decline1509

vilipend1509

disprize?1518

disable1528

derogatea1530

elevate1541

disparagea1556

detrect1563

debase1565

demerit1576

vilify1586

disgrace1589

detracta1592

besparage1592

enervate1593

obtrect1595

extenuate1601

disvalue1605

disparagon1610

undervalue1611

avile1615

debaucha1616

to cry down1616

debate1622

decry1641

atomize1645

underrate1646

naucify1653

dedignify1654

stuprate1655

de-ample1657

dismagn1657

slur1660

voguec1661

depreciate1666

to run down1671

baffle1674

lacken1674

sneer1706

diminish1712

substract1728

down1780

belittle1789

carbonify1792

to speak scorn of1861

to give one a back-cap1903

minoritize1947

mauvais langue1952

rubbish1953

down-talk1959

marginalize1970

marginate1970

trash1975

neg1987

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 35 a Custome from chyldhode doth eleuate the power of meates and drynkes.

?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Aiii Cato..dooth their credit elleuate: As thing whereof, but small regard he tooke.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xliv. 1199 b [The Consul] forgat not to elevate as much as he could, the fame of the foresaid unhappie field.

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xiii. 94 To auoide or eleuate the censure of the Church..[they] procured letters deprecatory.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings II. v. xii. 195 Instead of exalting our idea of the Deity they elevate or lower it.

II. To raise, lift up.

a. To raise above the usual position, or above the level of surrounding objects. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise

heave971

hevenOE

onheaveOE

rearOE

highOE

arearc1175

to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275

upbraidc1275

to set upc1290

lifta1300

upheavea1300

upraisea1300

upreara1300

enhancec1300

araise1303

hance1303

uplifta1340

lift1362

raisec1384

upbear1390

uphancec1390

advancea1393

haut?a1400

to put upa1400

verec1400

hainc1440

inhigh1483

elevate1497

uphigh1513

alifta1522

height1530

heighten1530

exalt1535

extol1549

sublevate1559

rouse?1567

attol1578

elate1578

vaunce1582

dight1590

higher1592

tower1596

to fetch up1612

relevate1620

screwa1625

transcend1635

stilt1649

allevate1696

stiltify1860

1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) Cj 20/2 Obedyence..openeth heuens it eleuatith a man fro the erth dweller with angels.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 449 This first picture of the Ichneumon was taken by Bellonius, except the backe be too much eleuated.

1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) iii. 60 Unless the head..be more or less elevated from the horizontal posture.

1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 4 The character..of the Oak is rather to extend its arms, than elevate its head.

1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 109 The rope by which the bucket is elevated.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 186 The land in the Bay of Concepcion had been elevated to the extent of four or five feet.

b. To hold up to view. Now only with reference to the Mass: To lift up (the Host) for the adoration of the people.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > show to the sight [verb (transitive)]

to set beforea1000

openOE

showlOE

to put forth?c1225

kithe1297

to make (a) showing ofc1330

presenta1398

representa1398

to lay forthc1420

splayc1440

discovera1450

advisea1500

to set to (the) show?1510

to stall out1547

outlay1555

exhibit1573

strew1579

wray1587

displaya1616

ostentate1630

elevate1637

re-exhibita1648

expound1651

unveil1657

subject1720

flare1862

skin1873

patent1889

showcase1939

society > faith > worship > parts of service > canon > [verb (transitive)] > elevate host

elevate1637

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. ii. 32 When the hoste is elevated in the celebration of the Masse.

1649 J. Kent in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 295 III. 342 A rogue of a minister, after his head was severed from his sacred body, elevated it publicly to the people.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 243 in Justice Vindicated She [the Queen] had forbidden the Archbishop..to elevate the Host for adoration.

†c. To rear or raise (by building). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)]

timbera900

workOE

betimberOE

craftOE

buildc1275

lifta1300

stagec1330

upraise1338

wright1338

edifya1340

to make outa1382

to make upa1382

biga1400

housea1400

risea1400

telda1400–50

to work upa1450

redress1481

levy1495

upmake1507

upbuild1513

exstruct?c1550

construct1663

to run up1686

practise1739

to lay up1788

elevate1798

to put up1818

to lay down1851

practicate1851

1798 J. Ferriar Eng. Historians 243 On the northern side of the choir, was elevated one of those lofty, conical towers.

†d. Of the action of heat: To raise in the form of vapour; to evaporate or sublime. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to sublimation

sublimea1400

sublimate1559

elevate1607

subtilize1611

extol1657

sublevate1657

alcoholize1670

the world > matter > gas > [verb (transitive)] > emit as fumes or vapour > cause to rise up as vapour > from or by the action of heat

elevate1607

sublime1633

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 28 The damping fumes that the Sun elevates from bogges.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xii. sig. Ff1 The Sun has by its..Beams elevated this Water in the form of Vapours.

1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) These volatile particles of Gold, with the Salts wherewith they were elevated.

1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. viii. 322 Distillation..whereby elevated Fumes..are resolv'd into Waters, Oils.

3. transferred. To raise (the voice).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > impart specific tone or quality [verb (transitive)] > raise voice

uphancec1390

raise1603

exalt1611

elevate1618

to tune up1701

1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 30 But they the more do eleuate their voyce.

1829 W. Scott Antiquary (new ed.) I. i. 7 With an elevated voice.

1891 N.E.D. at Elevate Mod. It is unnecessary to elevate your voice.

4. To raise in direction, direct upwards.

a. To raise (one's eyes), direct (glances) upwards; figurative to ‘lift up’ (one's hopes, thoughts) to a higher object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > hope for [verb (transitive)] > raise

subtilize1638

elevate1817

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 75 One Eye declin'd for the losse of her Husband, another eleuated, that the Oracle was fulfill'd.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iv. 143 The English now elevated their hopes to the recovery of the province.

b. Gunnery. To raise the axis of (a gun, etc.) to an angle with the horizon.

ΚΠ

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxi. 134 Put in your Bullet with a Wad after it, if the Piece be not elevated.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Range The mortar must be more elevated.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 112 No. 2 searches, sponges, rams home, elevates.

a. To raise, exalt in rank or status.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > accord social rank to [verb (transitive)] > elevate or raise to a higher position

raisec1175

elevate1509

amount1523

bear?1529

advance?1566

elate1578

prelate1626

hitch1805

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxvii. xix For riche mennes goodes I muste ofte translate, Unto the poore, them for to elevate.

1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxv. 351 Nathak..Who, eleuated, altered from vertuous to most vaine.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 56. ⁋2 Footmen, Fiddlers, and Lacqueys, are elevated into Companions in this present Age.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 2. 10 We like nothing but what will..elevate us above our Neighbours.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. i. 8 See what liberty exists in Rome, when we, the patricians, thus elevate a plebeian.

†b. To extol or magnify (in praise). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)]

heryc735

wortheOE

hallowa1000

blessOE

worshipa1200

servec1225

anourec1275

adorec1300

glorify1340

laud1377

magnifya1382

praisea1382

sacre1390

feara1400

reverencec1400

anorna1425

adorn1480

embrace1490

elevatea1513

reverent1565

god1595

venerate1623

thanksgivea1638

congratule1657

doxologizea1816

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xii. sig. e.i^v With reuerence hym eleuate.

a. To raise in a moral or intellectual sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > elevate morally [verb (transitive)]

sublimec1484

reave1556

elevate1624

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 89 To elevate our minde by faith.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋9 Choose Books which elevate the Mind above the World.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxiii. 77 You might as well set Mount Ætna on them flat, and tell them to stand up under it, as tell me to elevate my servants under all the superincumbent mass of society upon them.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 63 There is hardly any virtue which so elevates our character, as moral courage.

1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) iii. 98 The attempt to elevate the race has been mysteriously thwarted.

b. absol.

ΚΠ

1886 ‘M. Gray’ Silence of Dean Maitland III. iii. vi. 154 It was the kind of sorrow that purifies and elevates.

1967 Listener 5 Oct. 448/2 The first step is to brainwash the pop audience of its pirate-induced distrust of the Corporation..then, slyly and imperceptibly, elevate.

a. To elate, exhilarate. Somewhat rare in modern use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > affect with pleasurable excitement [verb (transitive)]

extol1526

exalta1533

pauchtc1602

elevate1634

heave1863

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > transport with rapture or ecstasy [verb (transitive)]

ravishc1390

rap1509

extol1526

exalta1533

reave1556

rape1566

rapt?1577

enravish1596

trance1597

to carry out1599

ecstasy1631

translate1631

elevate1634

rapture1636

ecstatize1654

enrapture1740

ecstasiate1823

ecstasize1835

1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) I. 173 I was so elevated..in my heart.

1709 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 483 Being elevated by the terror he had struck into the enemy..[he] resolved to advance and fight them.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 36 He seem'd extremely pleas'd at this, and even elevated.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 77 The French, elevated by this advantage, reinforced their victorious party.

b. spec. of the effects of liquor. Now humorous or slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make partially drunk

dozy1568

to gild over1574

mizzle1583

flustera1616

stain1631

elevatea1704

flustrate1712

jollify1824

tipsify1837

a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 87 We were all elevated above the use of our Legs as well as our Reason.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 372 I, being elevated with liquor.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 230 But with the jumping-powder heated, He got completely—elevated.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 112 His depth of feeling is misunderstood. He is supposed to be a little elevated; and nobody heeds him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	elevate
释义	elevateadj. /ˈɛlɪveɪt/ Forms: Also Middle English eleuat(e, (Middle English eliuate), 1500s elevat. Etymology: < Latin ēlevātus, past participle of ēlevāre to elevate. Used as past participle of elevate v.; also = elevated adj.; in various senses. From 18th cent. only poetic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > exalted in rank higheOE stern of slatec1300 greatc1325 differentc1384 excellentc1400 haught1470 upper1477 elevate?1504 of sort1606 sublime1606 eminenta1616 exalted1623 elevated1665 uppish1797 ranking1847 high-up1848 high-ranking1850 superimposed1861 salt1868 top-ranking1936 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > raised rearedc1330 araisedc1340 loft14.. upraisedc1400 upreared1422 raiseda1450 uplentc1450 sublevate?1523 enhancedc1540 elevated1553 well-raised1575 elevate1598 extolled1608 exalteda1616 relevated1635 elatea1730 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] > specifically of things or ideas regal1561 prince-worthy1574 mounted1601 august1602 elevated1604 venerable1615 tall1655 seraphical1656 big1660 rarefied1662 elevate1667 grand1678 dignified1763 princessly1813 sublimized1827 high-stepping1867 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent magnificenta1460 statelya1525 magnifical1533 tragical1533 lofty1565 tragic1566 sublime1586 over-high1587 magnific1589 heroic1590 buskina1593 grandiloquous1593 full-mouthed1594 high-pitched1594 buskined1595 full-mouth1595 high-borne1596 altisonant1612 Roman1619 high-sounding1624 transcendent1631 magniloquent1640 loud1651 altiloquent1656 grandiloquent1656 largiloquent1656 altisonous1661 tall1670 elevate1673 grandisonous1674 sounding1683 exalted1684 grandisonant1684 grandific1727 magniloquous1727 orotund1799 superb1825 spread eagle1839 grandiose1840 magnisonanta1843 togated1868 elevated1875 mandarin1959 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §23. 32 This is to seyn, as many degrees as thy pool is eleuat, so michel is the latitude of the Regioun. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 227 If that ston be oon say..by what arte hit was elevate. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. dd.iii He in rychesse shall be so eleuate. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxxii. sig. l.iiii The graue was opened eleuat was the chest. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 205 A tombe, eleuate & arched. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 558 In thoughts more elevate . View more context for this quotation 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 22 This is elevate, this is the new way of writing. 1676 E. Halley Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 228 St. Helena..where the south pole is considerably elevate. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 24 Souls elevate, Angelick, wing'd with Fire. 1814 R. Southey Roderick vi Elevate Amid the thousands..above their heads upraised. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 108 There had been shaggy eyebrows elevate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). elevatev. /ˈɛlɪveɪt/ Forms: Also 1500s ellevate, eleuate. Etymology: < Latin ēlevāt- participial stem of ēlevāre, < ē out + levāre (related to levis light) to render light, lighten, hence, to lift, raise. †I. To lighten or lessen. 1. transitive. To lighten, lessen the weight of; to depreciate, extenuate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] littleeOE low1340 dispraisec1386 minish1402 deroge1427 detractc1449 descryc1450 detrayc1475 dismerit1484 decline1509 vilipend1509 disprize?1518 disable1528 derogatea1530 elevate1541 disparagea1556 detrect1563 debase1565 demerit1576 vilify1586 disgrace1589 detracta1592 besparage1592 enervate1593 obtrect1595 extenuate1601 disvalue1605 disparagon1610 undervalue1611 avile1615 debaucha1616 to cry down1616 debate1622 decry1641 atomize1645 underrate1646 naucify1653 dedignify1654 stuprate1655 de-ample1657 dismagn1657 slur1660 voguec1661 depreciate1666 to run down1671 baffle1674 lacken1674 sneer1706 diminish1712 substract1728 down1780 belittle1789 carbonify1792 to speak scorn of1861 to give one a back-cap1903 minoritize1947 mauvais langue1952 rubbish1953 down-talk1959 marginalize1970 marginate1970 trash1975 neg1987 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 35 a Custome from chyldhode doth eleuate the power of meates and drynkes. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Aiii Cato..dooth their credit elleuate: As thing whereof, but small regard he tooke. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xliv. 1199 b [The Consul] forgat not to elevate as much as he could, the fame of the foresaid unhappie field. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xiii. 94 To auoide or eleuate the censure of the Church..[they] procured letters deprecatory. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings II. v. xii. 195 Instead of exalting our idea of the Deity they elevate or lower it. II. To raise, lift up. 2. a. To raise above the usual position, or above the level of surrounding objects. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise heave971 hevenOE onheaveOE rearOE highOE arearc1175 to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275 upbraidc1275 to set upc1290 lifta1300 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 upreara1300 enhancec1300 araise1303 hance1303 uplifta1340 lift1362 raisec1384 upbear1390 uphancec1390 advancea1393 haut?a1400 to put upa1400 verec1400 hainc1440 inhigh1483 elevate1497 uphigh1513 alifta1522 height1530 heighten1530 exalt1535 extol1549 sublevate1559 rouse?1567 attol1578 elate1578 vaunce1582 dight1590 higher1592 tower1596 to fetch up1612 relevate1620 screwa1625 transcend1635 stilt1649 allevate1696 stiltify1860 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) Cj 20/2 Obedyence..openeth heuens it eleuatith a man fro the erth dweller with angels. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 449 This first picture of the Ichneumon was taken by Bellonius, except the backe be too much eleuated. 1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) iii. 60 Unless the head..be more or less elevated from the horizontal posture. 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 4 The character..of the Oak is rather to extend its arms, than elevate its head. 1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 109 The rope by which the bucket is elevated. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 186 The land in the Bay of Concepcion had been elevated to the extent of four or five feet. b. To hold up to view. Now only with reference to the Mass: To lift up (the Host) for the adoration of the people. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > show to the sight [verb (transitive)] to set beforea1000 openOE showlOE to put forth?c1225 kithe1297 to make (a) showing ofc1330 presenta1398 representa1398 to lay forthc1420 splayc1440 discovera1450 advisea1500 to set to (the) show?1510 to stall out1547 outlay1555 exhibit1573 strew1579 wray1587 displaya1616 ostentate1630 elevate1637 re-exhibita1648 expound1651 unveil1657 subject1720 flare1862 skin1873 patent1889 showcase1939 society > faith > worship > parts of service > canon > [verb (transitive)] > elevate host elevate1637 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. ii. 32 When the hoste is elevated in the celebration of the Masse. 1649 J. Kent in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 295 III. 342 A rogue of a minister, after his head was severed from his sacred body, elevated it publicly to the people. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 243 in Justice Vindicated She [the Queen] had forbidden the Archbishop..to elevate the Host for adoration. †c. To rear or raise (by building). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] timbera900 workOE betimberOE craftOE buildc1275 lifta1300 stagec1330 upraise1338 wright1338 edifya1340 to make outa1382 to make upa1382 biga1400 housea1400 risea1400 telda1400–50 to work upa1450 redress1481 levy1495 upmake1507 upbuild1513 exstruct?c1550 construct1663 to run up1686 practise1739 to lay up1788 elevate1798 to put up1818 to lay down1851 practicate1851 1798 J. Ferriar Eng. Historians 243 On the northern side of the choir, was elevated one of those lofty, conical towers. †d. Of the action of heat: To raise in the form of vapour; to evaporate or sublime. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to sublimation sublimea1400 sublimate1559 elevate1607 subtilize1611 extol1657 sublevate1657 alcoholize1670 the world > matter > gas > [verb (transitive)] > emit as fumes or vapour > cause to rise up as vapour > from or by the action of heat elevate1607 sublime1633 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 28 The damping fumes that the Sun elevates from bogges. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xii. sig. Ff1 The Sun has by its..Beams elevated this Water in the form of Vapours. 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) These volatile particles of Gold, with the Salts wherewith they were elevated. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. viii. 322 Distillation..whereby elevated Fumes..are resolv'd into Waters, Oils. 3. transferred. To raise (the voice). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > impart specific tone or quality [verb (transitive)] > raise voice uphancec1390 raise1603 exalt1611 elevate1618 to tune up1701 1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 30 But they the more do eleuate their voyce. 1829 W. Scott Antiquary (new ed.) I. i. 7 With an elevated voice. 1891 N.E.D. at Elevate Mod. It is unnecessary to elevate your voice. 4. To raise in direction, direct upwards. a. To raise (one's eyes), direct (glances) upwards; figurative to ‘lift up’ (one's hopes, thoughts) to a higher object. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > hope for [verb (transitive)] > raise subtilize1638 elevate1817 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 75 One Eye declin'd for the losse of her Husband, another eleuated, that the Oracle was fulfill'd. View more context for this quotation 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iv. 143 The English now elevated their hopes to the recovery of the province. b. Gunnery. To raise the axis of (a gun, etc.) to an angle with the horizon. ΚΠ 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxi. 134 Put in your Bullet with a Wad after it, if the Piece be not elevated. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Range The mortar must be more elevated. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 112 No. 2 searches, sponges, rams home, elevates. 5. a. To raise, exalt in rank or status. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > accord social rank to [verb (transitive)] > elevate or raise to a higher position raisec1175 elevate1509 amount1523 bear?1529 advance?1566 elate1578 prelate1626 hitch1805 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxvii. xix For riche mennes goodes I muste ofte translate, Unto the poore, them for to elevate. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxv. 351 Nathak..Who, eleuated, altered from vertuous to most vaine. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 56. ⁋2 Footmen, Fiddlers, and Lacqueys, are elevated into Companions in this present Age. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 2. 10 We like nothing but what will..elevate us above our Neighbours. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. i. 8 See what liberty exists in Rome, when we, the patricians, thus elevate a plebeian. †b. To extol or magnify (in praise). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)] heryc735 wortheOE hallowa1000 blessOE worshipa1200 servec1225 anourec1275 adorec1300 glorify1340 laud1377 magnifya1382 praisea1382 sacre1390 feara1400 reverencec1400 anorna1425 adorn1480 embrace1490 elevatea1513 reverent1565 god1595 venerate1623 thanksgivea1638 congratule1657 doxologizea1816 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xii. sig. e.i^v With reuerence hym eleuate. 6. a. To raise in a moral or intellectual sense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > elevate morally [verb (transitive)] sublimec1484 reave1556 elevate1624 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 89 To elevate our minde by faith. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋9 Choose Books which elevate the Mind above the World. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxiii. 77 You might as well set Mount Ætna on them flat, and tell them to stand up under it, as tell me to elevate my servants under all the superincumbent mass of society upon them. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 63 There is hardly any virtue which so elevates our character, as moral courage. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) iii. 98 The attempt to elevate the race has been mysteriously thwarted. b. absol. ΚΠ 1886 ‘M. Gray’ Silence of Dean Maitland III. iii. vi. 154 It was the kind of sorrow that purifies and elevates. 1967 Listener 5 Oct. 448/2 The first step is to brainwash the pop audience of its pirate-induced distrust of the Corporation..then, slyly and imperceptibly, elevate. 7. a. To elate, exhilarate. Somewhat rare in modern use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > affect with pleasurable excitement [verb (transitive)] extol1526 exalta1533 pauchtc1602 elevate1634 heave1863 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > transport with rapture or ecstasy [verb (transitive)] ravishc1390 rap1509 extol1526 exalta1533 reave1556 rape1566 rapt?1577 enravish1596 trance1597 to carry out1599 ecstasy1631 translate1631 elevate1634 rapture1636 ecstatize1654 enrapture1740 ecstasiate1823 ecstasize1835 1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) I. 173 I was so elevated..in my heart. 1709 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 483 Being elevated by the terror he had struck into the enemy..[he] resolved to advance and fight them. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 36 He seem'd extremely pleas'd at this, and even elevated. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 77 The French, elevated by this advantage, reinforced their victorious party. b. spec. of the effects of liquor. Now humorous or slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make partially drunk dozy1568 to gild over1574 mizzle1583 flustera1616 stain1631 elevatea1704 flustrate1712 jollify1824 tipsify1837 a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 87 We were all elevated above the use of our Legs as well as our Reason. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 372 I, being elevated with liquor. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 230 But with the jumping-powder heated, He got completely—elevated. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 112 His depth of feeling is misunderstood. He is supposed to be a little elevated; and nobody heeds him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400v.1497
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