EXALT

exalt

(verb) raise in rank, character, or status; “exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King’s adviser”

laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim

(verb) praise, glorify, or honor; “extol the virtues of one’s children”; “glorify one’s spouse’s cooking”

exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify

(verb) fill with sublime emotion; “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”; “He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”

inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt

(verb) heighten or intensify; “These paintings exalt the imagination”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

exalt (third-person singular simple present exalts, present participle exalting, simple past and past participle exalted)

(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem.

(transitive) To raise in rank, status etc, to elevate.

(transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.

(transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.

Usage notes

Do not confuse exalt (praise) (transitive) with exult (rejoice) (intransitive).

Synonyms

• upgrade

Antonyms

• abase

• demean

Anagrams

• LaTeX, latex, taxel

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*alt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exalted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exalting.] Etym: [L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See Altitude.]

1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Is. xiv. 13. Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.

2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency. Righteousness exalteth a nation. Prov. xiv. 34. He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke xiv. 11.

3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. "Exalt ye the Lord." Ps. xcix. 5. In his own grace he doth exalt himself. Shak.

4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate. They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted. Dryden.

5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. Is. xxxvii. 23. Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. Prior.

6. (Alchem.)

Definition: To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies. With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition