elevate

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Synonyms: relevate

Antonyms: relevate

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Verb

1. To raise (something) to a higher position.
   • The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling.
2. To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
   • Did you forget that all programs that modify the registry need to be elevated?
3. To temporarily grant a program additional security privileges to the system to perform a privileged action (usually on the program's request).
   • Did you forget that all programs that modify the registry need to be elevated?
4. To confer honor or nobility on (someone).
   • The traditional worldview elevates man as the pinnacle of creation.
5. To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value.
   • A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights.
6. To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things.
7. To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
   • Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level.
8. To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice).
9. To lift the spirits of (someone)
10. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy.
11. To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc.

Adjective

1. Elevated, raised aloft.

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