DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Ex·alt v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exalted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exalting.]
 1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
    I will exalt my throne above the stars of God.   --Is. xiv. 13.
    Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes   --Pope.
 2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency.
    Righteousness exalteth a nation.   --Prov. xiv. 34.
    He that humbleth himself shall be exalted.   --Luke xiv. 11.
 3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. “Exalt ye the Lord.”
    In his own grace he doth exalt himself.   --Shak.
 4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.
    They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted.   --Dryden.
 5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.
    Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice.   --Prior.
 6. Alchem. To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.
    With chemic art exalts the mineral powers.   --Pope.
 ◄ ►

 exalting
      adj : tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
            [syn: ennobling]