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elevatesverbpresent tense third-person singular of elevate to fill with great joyseeing their son ordained as a priest was one of the most elevating moments in their lives elates, enraptures, exhilarates, intoxicates, transports commoves, excites, inspires, stimulates, upliftscontents, delights, gladdens, gratifies, pleases, rejoices, satisfies, warms depresses demoralizes, discourages, disheartens, dispiritsdistresses, oppresses, saddens to move from a lower to a higher place or positionthe old trick of using a fat phone book to elevate a child to a more comfortable position at the table boosts, cranes, heaves, hefts, heightens, hikes, hoists, jacks (up), lifts, perks (up), picks up, raises, takes up, upholds, uplifts, upraises, ups ascends, mounts, risesrears, upends drops, lowers descends, dips, falls, pitches, plunges, slipsbears, depresses, presses, pushessinks, submerges to move higher in rank or positionthe announcement that the pope will elevate several prelates to the rank of cardinal advances, promotes, raises, upgrades forwards, furthersaggrandizes, boosts, heightens, improves, lifts, upliftscommissions, ennobles, knightsacclaims, applauds, celebrates, cites, commends, compliments, congratulates, decorateseulogizes, exalts, extols(also extolls), glorifies, hails, honors, lauds, praises, salutes kicks upstairs abases, degrades, demotes, downgrades, lowers, reduces deposes, dethrones, dismisses, expels, impeaches, ousts, overthrows, removes, unmakes, unseatsdemeans, disgraces, dishonors, humbles, humiliates, mortifies, shames, takes downcensures, condemns, damns, denounces, reprobates to assign a high status or value toa decade in which greed and selfishness were elevated to the rank of virtues aggrandizes, canonizes, deifies, dignifies, ennobles, enshrines, enskies, enthrones, exalts, glorifies, magnifies boosts, lifts, promotes, raises, upgrades, upliftsheightens, intensifiesidealizes, romanticizes, sanitizes, sugarcoatsacclaims, extols(also extolls), honors, lauds, praises abases, degrades, demeans, humbles, humiliates belittles, decries, depreciates, detracts, disparages, minimizes |