exalt

verb

ex·alt ig-ˈzȯlt

exalted; exalting; exalts

Synonyms of exalt next

transitive verb

: to raise in rank, power, or character

: to elevate by praise or in estimation : glorify

obsolete : elate

: to raise high : elevate

: to enhance the activity of : intensify

rousing and exalting the imagination—

George Eliot

intransitive verb

: to induce exaltation

exalter noun

Examples of exalt in a Sentence

His behavior has exalted the power and prestige of his office. The essay exalts the simple beauty of the country. We exalt thee, O Lord. He shamelessly exalts his own role in the peace process.

Recent Examples on the Web The leader of the Brothers of Italy party, Ms. Meloni is steeped in a hard-right political culture that has exalted women as traditional mothers and has opposed quotas to increase female representation in business and politics. —

Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 Authorities in Novosibirsk fined a woman 15,000 rubles around the same time for tearing down a poster exalting Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. —

Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2023 All this uncertainty is why scientists aren’t exalting about the uptick in monarch populations. —

Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023 But in this moment, Sassoon is also a Davies character like so many others: a figure not only brought low but also strangely exalted by his grief and his passion. —

Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023 Christianity also believes in God as a three-in-one God (Father, Son [Jesus] and Holy Spirit) —this is the only God to be worshipped in Christianity and no human is to be worshipped or exalted higher. —

Maxine Harrison, refinery29.com, 11 Sep. 2023 Rabin, Arafat and Israel’s foreign minister, Shimon Peres, shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 and were exalted internationally. —

Ruth Margalit, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023 Rounding out the tributes, Portuguese public broadcaster RTP was exalted and awarded Broadcaster of the Year, very much reflecting the wider industry trends that have seen public broadcasters take pride of place at the Toulouse-set animation co-production forum. —

Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023 And the controversy is adding fodder to a long-standing culture war over the appropriateness of music that exalts drug gangs in a country that has been so deeply ravaged by organized crime. Corridos, which date back to 19th-century rural Mexico, are one of the country’s oldest musical traditions. —

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