| Elevate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elevated p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating ] [ L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity. ] 1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [ Colloq. & Sportive ] “The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [ A Latin meaning ] [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.
Syn. -- To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Elevated | a. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Elevation | n. [ L. elevatio: cf. F. élévation. ] 1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. “Degrees of elevation above us.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o&unr_; sight; -- distinguished from direction. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography. [ 1913 Webster ]
Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. --
Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Elevator | n. [ L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. élévateur. ] 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Aëronautics) A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
Elevator head,
Elevator leg, and
Elevator boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Elevator shoes, shoes having unusually thick soles and heels, designed to make a person appear taller than he or she actually is. [ PJC ]
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