elevatoryadj.n.

/ˈɛlɪveɪtəri/

Etymology: < elevator n.: see -ory suffix².

A. adj. Of or pertaining to elevation, that tends to elevate.

1. Geology. Concerned in raising or tending to raise the crust of the earth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [adjective] > upheaval

elevatory1833

upraised1835

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 117 The disturbing and dislocating force of the elevatory movements.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xi. 204 Should the time ever arrive when the elevatory agencies, motionless and chill, shall sleep within their profound depths.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 205 Elevatory forces must have been at work.

2. In a non-material sense.

ΚΠ

1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 109 The moral feelings are thus elevatory of the mental faculties.

B. n.

= elevator n. 2 [as if < Latin *ēlevātōrium; so French élévatoire, Italian elevatorio] .

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instrument for raising depressed bone

griffin's foot1611

elevatory1617

levatory1617

levator1672

triploid1750

lever1846

trepanning-elevator1877

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 136 If a depression of Cranium bee, striue with the eleuatorie to raise it.

1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Vectis, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. An Elevatory used to raise depress'd Bones.

1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.

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

单词	elevatory
释义	elevatoryadj.n. /ˈɛlɪveɪtəri/ Etymology: < elevator n.: see -ory suffix². A. adj. Of or pertaining to elevation, that tends to elevate. 1. Geology. Concerned in raising or tending to raise the crust of the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [adjective] > upheaval elevatory1833 upraised1835 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 117 The disturbing and dislocating force of the elevatory movements. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xi. 204 Should the time ever arrive when the elevatory agencies, motionless and chill, shall sleep within their profound depths. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 205 Elevatory forces must have been at work. 2. In a non-material sense. ΚΠ 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 109 The moral feelings are thus elevatory of the mental faculties. B. n. = elevator n. 2 [as if < Latin ēlevātōrium; so French élévatoire, Italian elevatorio] . ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instrument for raising depressed bone griffin's foot1611 elevatory1617 levatory1617 levator1672 triploid1750 lever1846 trepanning-elevator1877 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate* 136 If a depression of Cranium bee, striue with the eleuatorie to raise it. 1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Vectis, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. An Elevatory used to raise depress'd Bones. 1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1617
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