exalt

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1. HIGH POSITION OR RANKto put someone or something into a high rank or position 提升，提拔

2 PRAISEto praise someone, especially God 赞扬，歌颂〔尤指上帝〕

Exalt ye the Lord.

赞美你，我的主。

Examples from the Corpus

exalt• But in death, every wally shall be exalted.• In this culture, establishing dominance is often exalted.• But exalted be the man who can use such a creation to pen a thankyou note come Boxing Day.• Blessed were the meek, the persecuted, the reviled, for we would be exalted in the Kingdom of Heaven.• The concept finally won approval last year in a simple piece of legislation, less exalted than a constitutional amendment.• That share is rather less extensive and exalted than is often claimed for these bodies.• On the contrary, it exalts the music further.• The poem was written to exalt the Roman empire.

Origin exalt

(1400-1500) Latin exaltare, from altus “high”

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