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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb el-uh-veyt; adjective el-uh-veyt, -vit |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛl əˌveɪt; adjective ˈɛl əˌveɪt, -vɪt |
Definition of elevating
Origin :- late 15c., from Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, alleviate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever). Related: Elevated; elevating.
- verb lift up
- verb promote; augment
- verb raise spirits
- Such a book never ceases to exercise an elevating and ennobling influence.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Much of this gossip deals with matters which are not of an elevating character.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- She stiffened slightly and drew back, elevating her eyebrows to the frost-line.
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Clean, elevating and full of fun and vigor, books that should be read by every boy.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
- "Yes, sir," returned other, elevating his little head with an air of importance.
- Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- This is what is meant, no doubt, when people talk of "elevating" the drama.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 » by Various
- A place for elevating sons above the social rank of their fathers.
- Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
- They are more open to the purifying and elevating influences of religion.
- Extract from : « Women and Politics » by Charles Kingsley
- He was there deep in the wood, in a solitude wild, but still of an elevating character.
- Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
- The love of Beauty is refining and elevating in its tendency.
- Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
Synonyms for elevating
- advance
- aggrandize
- animate
- appoint
- boost
- brighten
- bring up
- build up
- buoy up
- cheer
- dignify
- elate
- enhance
- ennoble
- erect
- exalt
- excite
- exhilarate
- fetch up
- further
- glorify
- hearten
- heighten
- hike up
- hoist
- honor
- increase
- inspire
- intensify
- jack up
- levitate
- lift up
- magnify
- perk up
- poise
- prefer
- pump
- put up
- pyramid
- raise
- ramp
- rear
- refine
- rouse
- shoot up
- skip
- stilt
- sublimate
- swell
- take up
- tilt
- upgrade
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
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