Exalt /(?)/

Ex·alt

Exalt

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Exalted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exalting

  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
  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.
    In his own grace he doth exalt himself.
  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.
  5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.
    Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice.
  6. To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies. (Alchem.)
    With chemic art exalts the mineral powers.