Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.

    The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high.

    They exalted their queen.

    ehren

    прославлятьproslavljatʹ

    praise, glorify, or honor

  2. (transitive)To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

    The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.

    erhöhen

    повыша́тьpovyšátʹ

    raise in rank, character, or status

  3. (transitive)To elate, or fill with the joy of success.

    fill with sublime emotion

  4. (archaic, transitive)To refine or subtilize.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Whoever degrades himself will be exalted.

    deWer sich erniedrigt, wird erhöht werden. — Yorwba

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  2. All these details exalted my young imagination.

  3. The party will continue to exalt their hero.

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  4. The medieval church despised the body and exalted the spirit.

    ruСредневековая церковь презирала телесное и возвышала духовное. — Hellerick

    deDie mittelalterliche Kirche verachtete den Körper und verherrlichte den Geist. — Yorwba

  5. Thus science dissolves into religion, and obscurantism is exalted over reason.

    ruТак наука растворяется в религии, мракобесие превозносится над разумом. — soweli_Elepanto

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to honor:
to elevate in rank, status etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to honor:
to elevate in rank, status etc.:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

exalts, exalting, exalted, exalted
Base formexalt · to exalt
3rd person singularexalts
Present participleexalting
Past simpleexalted
Past participleexalted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexalt
he, she, itexalts

Past simpleLesson

all personsexalted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave exalted
he, she, ithas exalted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill exalt

Synonyms

47 synonyms

Antonyms

27 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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