Definition: elevate

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

elevate
     v 1: give a promotion to; "raise in rank"; assign to a higher
          position [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick
          upstairs, raise] [ant: demote]
     2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
        "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, get up, bring up]
        [ant: lower]
     3: raise in rank or condition: "The new law lifted many people
        from poverty" [syn: lift, raise]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Elevate \El"e*vate\, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.]
   Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton.
Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
   levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
   Levity.]
   1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
      raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

   2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
      to an office, or to a high social position.

   3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
      to elevate the spirits.

   4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
      or character.

   5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
      loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

   6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
      [Colloq. & Sportive] ``The elevated cavaliers sent for two
      tubs of merry stingo.'' --Sir W. Scott.

   7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
      meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

   To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
      the breech.

   Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
        heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.