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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb el-uh-veyt; adjective el-uh-veyt, -vit
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛl əˌveɪt; adjective ˈɛl əˌveɪt, -vɪt



Definition of elevating

Origin :
  • late 15c., 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). Related: Elevated; elevating.
  • verb lift up
  • verb promote; augment
  • verb raise spirits
Example sentences :
  • Such a book never ceases to exercise an elevating and ennobling influence.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Much of this gossip deals with matters which are not of an elevating character.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • She stiffened slightly and drew back, elevating her eyebrows to the frost-line.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Clean, elevating and full of fun and vigor, books that should be read by every boy.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • "Yes, sir," returned other, elevating his little head with an air of importance.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • This is what is meant, no doubt, when people talk of "elevating" the drama.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 » by Various
  • A place for elevating sons above the social rank of their fathers.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • They are more open to the purifying and elevating influences of religion.
  • Extract from : « Women and Politics » by Charles Kingsley
  • He was there deep in the wood, in a solitude wild, but still of an elevating character.
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • The love of Beauty is refining and elevating in its tendency.
  • Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver

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