Ex*alt" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exalted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Exalting.]
[L.
exaltare; ex out
(intens.) + altare to make
high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See Altitude.]
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." Ps. xcix. 5.
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.
Is. xxxvii. 23.
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.
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