elevate

Etymology

From Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare (“to raise, lift up”), from e (“out”) + levare (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”); see levity and lever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛləveɪt/

Verb

elevate (third-person singular simple present elevates, present participle elevating, simple past and past participle elevated)

1. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
2. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
   • 2014, A. D. Wright, The Early Modern Papacy

     Much has also been made recently of the distorting effects exerted on the administration of Urban VIII by the interests of the Barberini nephews, especially of the two elevated to cardinal status.

   • 2014, Guy W. Lecky-Thompson, Inside SharePoint 2007 Administration (page 55)

     At that point, you have to elevate the account's rights, activate the feature, and then demote the account again.

3. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
4. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
5. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.

   to elevate the voice

6. (dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.

7. (obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

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Adjective

elevate (comparative more elevate, superlative most elevate)

1. (obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

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Verb

elevate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elevare
2. second-person plural imperative of elevare
3. feminine plural of elevato

Verb

ēlevāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlevō