to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.

to raise to a higher state, rank, or office; exalt; promote

to elevate an archbishop to cardinal.

to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level

Good poetry may elevate the mind.

to raise the spirits; put in high spirits.

to raise (the voice) in pitch or volume.

Archaic . raised; elevated.

verb

decrease , depress , drop , lessen , lower , push down , condemn , demote , denounce , deprecate , disdain , spurn , disgrace , distress , shame , trouble , upset

verb

erect , fetch up , heighten , hike up , hoist , jack up , levitate , poise , pump , put up , pyramid * , raise , ramp , rear , shoot up * , stilt , take up , tilt , uphold , uplift , upraise , advance , aggrandize , appoint , boost , build up , dignify , enhance , ennoble , exalt , further , glorify , honor , increase , intensify , magnify , prefer , skip , swell , upgrade , animate , brighten , bring up , buoy up * , cheer , elate , excite , exhilarate , hearten , inspire , lift up , perk up * , refine , rouse , sublimate , heave , lift , pick up , uprear , amplify , jump , apotheosize , signalize , buoy , flush , inspirit , edify , enlighten , escalate , improve , pedestal , promote , rise , spiritualize , transcend