exalt

From Middle English exalten, from Old French exalter, from Latin exaltō.

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːlt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlt
• Hyphenation: ex‧alt

exalt (third-person singular simple present exalts, present participle exalting, simple past and past participle exalted)

1. (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.

   They exalted their queen.

2. (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

   The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.

3. (transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
4. (transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.

Do not confuse exalt (praise, extol) (transitive) with exult (rejoice) (intransitive) – "Some people exult when others exalt their achievements."

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