elevate

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to elate.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.