exalt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb praise, glorify, or honor
    glorify; extol; laud; proclaim.
    • extol the virtues of one's children
    • glorify one's spouse's cooking
  2. verb fill with sublime emotion
    thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exhilarate; beatify.
    • The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
    • He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
  3. verb heighten or intensify
    invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire.
    • These paintings exalt the imagination
  4. verb raise in rank, character, or status
    • exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser

WordNet

Ex*alt" transitive verb
Etymology
L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See Altitude.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Exalted; present participle & verbal noun Exalting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913