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exalt
 
SYLLABICATION:ex·alt
PRONUNCIATION:  g-zôlt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ex·alt·ed, ex·alt·ing, ex·alts
1. To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier. 2. To glorify, praise, or honor. 3. To increase the effect or intensity of; heighten: works of art that exalt the imagination. 4. Obsolete To fill with sublime emotion; elate.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English exalten, from Latin exaltre : ex-, up, away; see ex– + altus, high; see al-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:ex·alter —NOUN
 
 
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