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   Ex·alt

   /iɡˈzôlt/

   

   verb

   • 1. hold (someone or something) in very high regard; think or speak very highly of: "the party will continue to exalt its hero" Similar glorifyextolpraiseacclaimpay homage topay tribute toreverereverencevenerateworshiphero-worshiplionizeidolizedeifyesteemhold in high regardhold in high esteemhold in awelook up toinformal:put on a pedestalrare:laudmagnifyOpposite disparagedespise
   • ▪ raise to a higher rank or a position of greater power: "this naturally exalts the peasant above his brethren in the same rank of society" Similar elevatepromoteraiseadvanceboostupgradeennobledignifyaggrandizeimprove the status ofimprove the standing ofgive someone a higher rankOpposite lower
   • ▪ make noble in character; dignify: "romanticism liberated the imagination and exalted the emotions" Similar elevatepromoteraiseadvanceboostupgradeennobledignifyaggrandizeimprove the status ofimprove the standing ofgive someone a higher rankOpposite lower

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin exaltare, from ex- ‘out, upward’ + altus ‘high’.

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