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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Elevate \El"e*vate\, adjective [L. elevatus, p. p.] Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Elevate \El"e*vate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Elevated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elevating}.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See {Levity}.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] ''The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.'' --Sir W. Scott.
7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
{To elevate a piece} (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.
Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
elevate
verb
1: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: {promote}, {upgrade}, {advance}, {kick upstairs}, {raise}] [ant: {demote}]
2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: {raise}, {lift}, {get up}, {bring up}] [ant: {lower}]
3: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: {lift}, {raise}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "elevate": acculturate, advance, aggrandize, ameliorate, amend, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, better, boost, bring forward, buoy up, canonize, cast up, civilize, crown, deify, edify, educate, elate, emend, enhance, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, enthrone, erect, escalate, exalt, fatten, favor, flush, forward, foster, glamorize, glorify, go straight, graduate, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, immortalize, improve, improve upon, jerk up, kick upstairs, knight, knock up, lard, levitate, lift, lift up, lionize, lob, loft, magnify, make an improvement, make legendary, meliorate, mend, nurture, pass, perk up, pick up, pitch, prefer, promote, raise, raise aloft, raise up, rear, rear aloft, rear up, refine upon, reform, rise, saint, sanctify, set up, sky, socialize, stand upright, stick up, straighten out, take up, throne, throw up, transfigure, transform, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upgrade, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upright, upthrow
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