Synonyms for exalt

Grammar : Verb

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Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɔlt

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Définition of exalt

Origin : late 14c., from Old French exalter (10c.), from Latin exaltare "raise, elevate," from ex- "out, up" (see ex-) + altus "high" (see old). Related: Exalted; exalting.

verb promote, praise

Example sentences :

Favour for a person will exalt the one, as disfavour will sink the other.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

For how many years has it been my intention to exalt and ennoble you!
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

I am afraid he had none of the graces that can exalt one of these affairs.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Some of its votaries, on the other hand, are inclined to exalt it unduly.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois

Which of these statues is calculated to uplift and to exalt all who come near?
Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting

They would not exalt him to the regions of air, but they o'ercanopy him on earth.
Extract from : « The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings » by John Trusler

Did He pretend to exalt Himself above Abraham and the prophets?
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

It is not in the nature of civilisation to exalt the savage.
Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West

They educate, they exalt, they preserve; so that to profit by them we must be as perceptive as we can.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

Would you exalt your profession, exalt those who labor with you.
Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz

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