elevate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To lift or raise something to a higher position.

   The doctor told me that elevating my legs would reduce the swelling.

2. 2
   verb

   To raise someone to a higher rank or status.

   He was elevated to the position of chief executive.

3. 3
   verb

   To make something better, more important, or of greater value.

   A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into a fine meal.

4. 4
   verb

   To increase the level or intensity of something.

   Some drugs can elevate your blood sugar level.

Simplified etymology

Elevate dates from the late Middle English period and comes from Latin elevare, meaning “to raise,” based on Latin levis, “light.”

From Middle English elevaten (“to raise up, erect; to elate, inflate (e.g. with pride); (alchemy) to vaporize; (of a bone, excressence, blood vessel) to protrude”), from elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), further from Latin ēlevātus, the perfect passive participle of ēlevō (“to raise, lift up”), from ē- (“out”) + levō (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see levity and lever.

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