1. elevate - Adjective
2. elevate - Verb
Elevated; raised aloft.
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.
To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMight the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical! Margaret Fuller
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau
Religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves. John Locke
Ask for a science that would be useful to you, would keep you from harm and shame, then elevate you. Arabic Proverb
It may take a lot of time to fabricate a lie but the truth only takes seconds to elevate. African Proverb
Remain among the clumps of grass and do not elevate yourself. Hawaiian Proverb