[L. elevo; e and levo, to raise; Eng. to lift. See Lift.

To raise, in a literal and general sense; to raise from a low or deep place to a higher.

To exalt; to raise to higher state or station; as, to elevate a man to an office.

To improve, refine or dignify; to raise from or above low conceptions; as, to elevate the mind.

To raise from a low or common state; to exalt; as, to elevate the character; to elevate a nation.

To elate with price.

To excite; to cheer; to animate; as, to elevate the spirits.

To take from; to detract; to lessen by detraction.

To raise from any tone to one more acute; as, to elevate the voice.

To augment or swell; to make louder, as sound.

Elevated; raised aloft.