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exalting

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ex·alt  (g-zôlt)
tr.v. ex·alt·ed, ex·alt·ing, ex·alts
1. To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier.
2. To glorify, praise, or honor.
3. To increase the effect or intensity of; heighten: works of art that exalt the imagination.
4. Obsolete To fill with sublime emotion; elate.
[Middle English exalten, from Latin exaltre : ex-, up, away; see ex- + altus, high; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.]
ex·alter n.
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Adj.1.exalting - tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
ennobling
inspiring - stimulating or exalting to the spirit


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After all, she owed Phileas Fogg her life, and she always regarded him through the exalting medium of her gratitude.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
If I were quiet at the moment, I was conniving at their disorderly conduct; if (as was frequently the case) I happened to be exalting my voice to enforce order, I was using undue violence, and setting the girls a bad example by such ungentleness of tone and language.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
Nor did they omit to call upon us to admire the natural loveliness of their own abode, and the lavish abundance with which it produced all manner of luxuriant fruits; exalting it in this particular above any of the surrounding valleys.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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