Definition of exalt

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ex·alt    (g-zôlt) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
ex·alt·ed, ex·alt·ing, ex·alts

1. To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier.
2. To glorify, praise, or honor.
3. To increase the effect or intensity of; heighten: works of art that exalt the imagination.
4. Obsolete To fill with sublime emotion; elate.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English exalten, from Latin exaltre : ex-, up, away ; see ex- + altus, high; see al-² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
ex·alter(Noun)