What does "exalt" mean?

Exalt: Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.

Additional senses

  1. 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.
  2. 3.He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke xiv.
  3. 4.3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. "Exalt ye the Lord." Ps. xcix.
  4. 5.In his own grace he doth exalt himself. Shak.
  5. 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.
  6. 7.To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. Is. xxxvii.
  7. 8.Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. Prior.
  8. 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.

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