exalt

From Middle English exalten, from Old French exalter, from Latin exaltō.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɒlt/, /ɪɡˈzɔːlt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔlt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɑlt/
• Rhymes: -ɒlt, -ɔːlt
• Hyphenation: ex‧alt

exalt (third-person singular simple present exalts, present participle exalting, simple past and past participle exalted)

1. (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.

   Synonyms: extol, laud, worthy; see also Thesaurus:glorify

   The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high.

   They exalted their queen.

2. (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

   Synonyms: aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, nobilitate, upgrade; see also Thesaurus:aggrandize

   Antonyms: abase, debase, degrade, demean, lower; see also Thesaurus:demean

   The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.

3. (transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
4. (transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.

Do not confuse exalt (praise, extol) (transitive) with exult (rejoice) (intransitive) – "Some people exult when others exalt their achievements."

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