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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·alt ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin exaltare, from ex- + altus high — more at old DATE 15th century transitive verb 1. to raise in rank, power, or character 2. to elevate by praise or in estimation : glorify 3. obsolete : elate 4. to raise high : elevate 5. to enhance the activity of : intensify rousing and exalting the imagination — George Eliot intransitive verb : to induce exaltation • ex·alt·ed·ly adverb • ex·alt·er noun English Etymology exalt late 14c., from L. exaltare "raise, elevate," from ex- "out, up" + altus "high." Related: Exalted. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 exalt exalt / i^5zC:lt / verb[VN] (formal) 1. to make sb rise to a higher rank or position, sometimes to one that they do not deserve 提拔,提升(有时指提拔到不该得到的职位上) 2. to praise sb / sth very much 表扬；褒扬；高度赞扬 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·alt \igˈzȯlt, eg-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English exalten, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French exalter, from Latin exaltare, from ex- ex- (I) + altus high — more at old transitive verb 1. : to raise high : put in an eminent position : elevate < I will exalt my throne above the stars of God — Isa 14:13(Authorized Version) > < sold at exalted prices > 2. : to raise especially in rank, dignity, wealth, power, or character < the king exalted his victorious admiral to a place on the privy council > : dignify < a nation exalted by fair dealings > 3. : to elevate by praise or in estimation < my father exalted dramatic poetry above all other kinds — W.B.Yeats > : magnify , extol , glorify < exalt ye the Lord — Ps 99:5(Authorized Version) > 4. obsolete : to lift up (as with joy, pride, or success) : inspire with delight or satisfaction : elate 5. a. : to enhance the activity of : stimulate to greater or higher activity : heighten , intensify < exalting the imagination to new flights of fancy > b. : refine , concentrate — used especially in alchemy c. archaic : to make more complete or perfect d. : to cause (virulence) to increase < virulence exalted by addition of mucin to a bacterial culture > also : to increase the virulence of < exalt a virus by repeated rapid passage through susceptible hosts > intransitive verb : to induce exaltation : elevate < the power of brilliant conversation to excite and exalt > < the exalting beauty of the forest > Synonyms: magnify , aggrandize : exalt may indicate a raising up in prestige or significance, often with concomitant deprecation of something else < crisis government, of course, inevitably exalts any agency best situated for supplying vigorous and effective direction of affairs — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > magnify means to increase markedly in actual or apparent size or significance < kind, quiet, nearsighted eyes, which his round spectacles magnified into lambent moons — Margaret Deland > < public opinion which thus magnifies patriotism into a religion — W.C.Brownell > < to minimize the power of the judiciary and the executive, and magnify the power of the legislature — V.L.Parrington > aggrandize indicates making great in power, authority, sway, or eminence < if we aggrandize ourselves at the expense of the Mahrattas — Duke of Wellington †1852 > |
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