Definition of Elevate

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Elevate

Elevated; raised aloft.

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

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Elevate Quotations

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Henry David Thoreau

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.
Henry David Thoreau

Elevate those guns a little lower.
Andrew Jackson

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.
Margaret Fuller

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Denis Diderot

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
Washington Irving

I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. I'm looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
Talib Kweli

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack.
John Ashcroft

Man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation; he cannot elevate her without at the same time elevating himself.
Alexander Walker

Elevate Translations

elevate in French is rehausser, soulever
elevate in German is erheben, hervorheben, hochheben
elevate in Italian is mettere in evidenza
elevate in Latin is tollo sustuli sublatum, subrigo; subrexi subrectum
elevate in Norwegian is heve
elevate in Spanish is acentuar

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