elevate

Verb

Verb Forms: elevated, elevating, elevates

To raise to a higher position or level; to lift up.
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
raise from a lower to a higher position
raise in rank or condition
To raise (something) to a higher position.
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
To temporarily grant a program additional security privileges to the system to perform a privileged action (usually on the program's request).
To confer honor or nobility on (someone).
To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value.
To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things.
To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice).
To lift the spirits of (someone)
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy.
To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc.

Adj

Elevated, raised aloft.

Examples

A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights.
A well-placed Q can ELEVATE your score significantly in any word game.
Did you forget that all programs that modify the registry need to be elevated?
Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level.
The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling.
The traditional worldview elevates man as the pinnacle of creation.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English elevaten (“to raise up, erect; to elate, inflate (e.g. with pride); (alchemy) to vaporize; (of a bone, excressence, blood vessel) to protrude”), from elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), further from Latin ēlevātus, the perfect passive participle of ēlevō (“to raise, lift up”), from ē- (“out”) + levō (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see levity and lever.

Synonyms

advance, bring up, get up, kick upstairs, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, cheer up, detract, disparage, elate, ennoble, exalt, honor, increase, lessen

Antonyms

demote, lower, decrease, depress, diminish, drop, reduce, sadden

Scrabble Score: 10

elevate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
elevate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
elevate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

elevate: valid Words With Friends Word