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elevating

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el·e·vate  (l-vt)
tr.v. ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates
1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift.
2. To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of.
3. To promote to a higher rank.
4. To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level.
5. To lift the spirits of; elate. See Synonyms at lift.

[Middle English elevaten, from Latin levre, levt- : -, ex-, up; see ex- + levre, to raise; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.]
Translations
elevating [ˈelɪveɪtɪŋ] ADJ [reading] → enriquecedor
elevating [ˈɛlɪˌveɪtɪŋ] adj (fig) → esaltante
elevating [ˈɛlɪˌveɪtɪŋ] adj (fig) → esaltante


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SOME editors of newspapers were engaged in diffusing general intelligence and elevating the moral sentiment of the public.
I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.
After going a little more than half-way--perhaps seventy-five yards--the father, who was in advance, halted, and elevating his lantern stood peering intently into the darkness ahead.
 
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