Crossword clues for elevate
elevate
- Raise tax in European shelter
- Raise tax in East Leeds (over 50%)
- Raise European tax in general
- Put up European tax shelter limits
- Promote variety of vegetables, but not garlic, shallots and broccoli to begin with
- Promote team though one short at breaks
- Promote cultivation of vegetable Great Britain’s neglected
- Promote cheer around centre of Montevideo
- Heave English vessel into area of relative calm
- Pick up
- Build up
- Jack up
- Move up
- Take to the next level
- Give a lift to
- Get high?
- Hike up
- Improve, as one's game
- Virgin America's frequent-flyer program
- Raise higher
- Promote at work
- Kick upstairs
- Improve, as one's golf game
- Get a raise?
- Award a promotion to
- Ennoble
- Promote in rank
- Raise up
- Exalt
- Put on a pedestal
- Improve spiritually
- Magnify
- Better
- Boost
- Bring up
- Kick up a notch
- Buoy
- Up
- Hoist
- Lift up
- Take to another level?
- Take to a higher level
- Put in high spirits
- Upgrade
- Enhance
- Opposite of demote
- Produce levitation
- Raise in rank
- Uplift
- Elate, in a way
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elevate \El"e*vate\, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.]
Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic]
--Milton.
Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity.]
To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] ``The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.''
--Sir W. Scott.-
To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.]
--Jer. Taylor.To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.
Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "to raise above the usual position," from Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, alleviate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever). Sense of "raise in rank or status" is from c.1500. Moral or intellectual sense is from 1620s. Related: Elevated (which also was old slang for "drunk"); elevating.
Wiktionary
(context obsolete English) Elevated; raised aloft. v
1 (context transitive English) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift. 2 (context transitive English) To promote (someone) to a higher rank. 3 (context transitive English) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone). 4 (context transitive English) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up. 5 (context transitive English) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound. 6 (context dated colloquial humorous English) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. 7 (context obsolete Latinism English) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
WordNet
v. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise] [ant: demote]
raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, get up, bring up] [ant: lower]
raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: lift, raise]
Wikipedia
Elevate is a youth-driven foster care program that was started in the summer of 2005 in Des Moines, Iowa as a support group for foster and adopted youth. It is a program of Children & Families of Iowa, a nonprofit organization serving at-risk children and families in Iowa.
Elevate's mission is to inspire others to new levels of understanding and compassion to the life connection needs of foster care and adoptive teens by sharing their personal stories of hope.
Elevate may refer to:
- Elevate (organization), a youth-driven foster care program
- elevate, Virgin America's frequent-flyer program
- Elevate (Big Time Rush album), 2011
- Elevate (Morgan Page album), 2008
- Elevate (EP), a 2013 EP by American rapper Chamillionaire
Elevate is the second studio album by American boy band Big Time Rush. It was released on November 21, 2011 by Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. The band worked with accomplished songwriters and producers for the album. These include those that assisted with the material from their debut album, such as Emanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins, Nicholas Furlong, Damon Sharpe, Eric Sanicola and Lucas Secon, along with other notable songwriters and producers, such as JR Rotem, Christopher Stewart, The-Dream, Jay Sean, and Ryan Tedder. The production process of the album took place between nine months to a year, most of which was during their touring process.
The album acts as the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon television series of the same name, which features songs that appeared in the series' second season and the television movie, Big Time Movie. Following the success of their first release, the band was inspired to be more involved in the writing process for this album, writing together or separately a total of eight songs. Elevate is mainly a pop-inspired dance-rock album, also showcasing soul-pop and alternative rock. The first single from Elevate, " Music Sounds Better with U", was released on November 1, 2011.
Elevate is the debut studio album by American progressive house DJ Morgan Page, released on March 25, 2008 through Nettwerk. The album is a compilation of original songs and remixes that Morgan Page has done for other artists; it contains a total of four original tracks and eight remixes. It also includes the Grammy-nominated deadmau5 remix for his song "The Longest Road", featuring Lissie, as a bonus track. The remix was nominated in 2008 for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.
Elevate is the second extended play released by American rapper Chamillionaire in promotion of his third studio album, Poison. It was released on February 12, 2013 by his label Chamillitary Entertainment.
Usage examples of "elevate".
Madame Adams possessed a mind elevated in its views and capable of attainments above the common order of intellects.
Loop was aroar with the noon hour rush, and elevated trains rumbled above our heads as we turned down Wabash Avenue.
I pedaled my bicycle along the elevated bikeway, filling my lungs with clean, fresh, flower-scented air.
Sunday morning I was pedaling along the elevated bikeway, far from home, having gotten up before dawn and slipped out without waking the family, when I caught my first glimpse of the ships.
We must commit to exercise because inactive lifestyles contribute to weight gain, elevated blood fats, cardiovascular disease, cancer, reduced blood sugar regulation, and increased depression, memory loss, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, and a host of other emotional and physical problems.
A few meals were still going out, past the two 203 HOTEL middle-aged women checkers seated primly, like suspicious schoolmistresses, at elevated billing registers.
Other waiters, with loaded trays, moved quickly past the two austere women checkers at elevated billing registers.
It consists in the elevated, heroic, or historical theme, academic form well drawn, some show of bright colors, smoothness of brush-work, and precision and nicety of detail.
The elevated periscope stand in the control room where the Officer of the Deck usually conns the submarine.
The features of the elevated enclosure of San Carlos can be recognized in dim outline, and also those of the Old Town of Coruna around, though scarcely a lamp is shining.
Dean Folan dismounted behind her, leaving Will Danza sitting on his horse, keeping watch from his elevated vantage point.
Luke as a gentleman of fashion, recently elevated to the title of Lord Hardwyck, but he had also, secretly, acted as the Saint of Seven Dials, the legendary thief who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
And a colliery where driverless wagons rolled along their elevated, sloping tracks under the guidance of gravity.
It was a functional, solid sort of place, not really in keeping with the elevated esthetics of the Custodians.
Unfortunately, the higher amounts of carbohydrates in these little extras will elevate your insulin and shoot you right out of the Zone.