exalt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To praise someone or something very highly.

   The poem exalts the courage of ordinary soldiers.

2. 2
   verb

   To raise someone to a higher rank or position.

   He was exalted from a humble clerk to a trusted adviser.

Simplified etymology

Exalt entered English in the late Middle English period and derives from Latin altus, meaning “high,” with the prefix ex-, meaning “out” or “upwards.”

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

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