Adjacent Words

Exalting definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXALT'ING, ppr. Elevating; raising to an eminent station; praising; extolling; magnifying; refining.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts" [syn: ennobling, exalting]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exalt Ex*alt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exalted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exalting.] [L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See Altitude.] 1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. --Is. xiv. 13. Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes --Pope. 2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency. Righteousness exalteth a nation. --Prov. xiv. 34. He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. --Luke xiv. 11. 3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. ``Exalt ye the Lord.'' --Ps. xcix. 5. In his own grace he doth exalt himself. --Shak. 4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate. They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted. --Dryden. 5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. --Is. xxxvii. 23. Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. --Prior. 6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies. With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. --Pope.