Ex-alt′, v. t.
(eggz-awlt′), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXALTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXALTING.] [Lat. exaltare, from prefix ex and altare, to make high, from altus, high; Fr. exalter, Pr. & Sp. exaltar, It. esaltare.]
Sense 1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Isa. xiv. 13.
Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes. Pope.
Sense 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. “Exalted strains.” Roscommon.
Wiser far than Solomon, Of more exalted mind. Milton.
Sense 3. To elevate by praise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. “Exalt ye the Lord our God.” Ps. xcix. 5.
In his own praise he doth exalt himself More than in your addition. Shak.
Sense 4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.
Those who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted. Dryden.
Sense 5. To elevate the tone of, as the voice or a musical instrument; to lift up; to utter.
Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. Prior.
Sense 6. (Chem.) To render pure or refined; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.
With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. Pope.