What does "exalt" mean?
Exalt: Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.
Additional senses
- 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.
- 3.He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke xiv.
- 4.3. 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.
- 6.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.
- 7.To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. Is. xxxvii.
- 8.Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. Prior.
- 9.(Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies. With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. Pope.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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