elevate

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  1. transitive verb To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift.
  2. transitive verb To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of.
  3. transitive verb To promote to a higher rank.
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  • You can also elevate the command, just like we "elevate" text to upper-case, by also pressing the —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • "Spider Web" - elevate nearly everything they touch, but Bazilian's occasional overplaying grates, as does the forced carnality of "Right Hand Man" and "Let's Just Get Naked."
  • Rick Olson Seminars was founded in 1992 to elevate organizations through people development. —  Daily Press
  • D'Antoni said the daunting slate would give the Knicks the chance to "elevate" their game. —  pal-item.com - Local News
  • I was usually told that doing so would merely "elevate" Limbaugh, and that it was unseemly for a president to get into what we in the states call a pissing match with a mere radio host. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
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  1. Middle English elevaten, from Latin ēlevāre, ēlevāt- : ē-, ex-, up; see ex- + levāre, to raise; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare (later Italian elevarc = Spanish Portuguese elevar = French éléver), raise, lift up, from e, ex, out, + levare, make light, lift, from levis, light: see levity, lever. Cf. alleviate.
  2. Middle English elevat; from Latin elevatus, past participle:see the verb.
 

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