<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) elevated, elevating.<ul><li>To move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.</li><li>Synonyms: hoist, lift.</li><li>To raise to a higher state, rank, or office; exalt; promote: to elevate an archbishop to cardinal.</li><li>Synonyms: dignify, upgrade, advance.</li><li>To raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level: Good poetry may elevate the mind.</li><li>To raise the spirits; put in high spirits.</li><li>To raise (the voice) in pitch or volume.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Archaic: raised; elevated.</li></ul>