資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exalt \Ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exalted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Exalting}.] [L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make
   high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See {Altitude}.]
   1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

            I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. --Is.
                                                  xiv. 13.

            Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes --Pope.

   2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or
      the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to
      the throne, a citizen to the presidency.

            Righteousness exalteth a nation.      --Prov. xiv.
                                                  34.

            He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. --Luke
                                                  xiv. 11.

   3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol;
      to glorify. ``Exalt ye the Lord.'' --Ps. xcix. 5.

            In his own grace he doth exalt himself. --Shak.

   4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with
      delight or satisfaction; to elate.

            They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were
            mightily exalted.                     --Dryden.

   5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical
      instrument. --Is. xxxvii. 23.

            Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice.
                                                  --Prior.

   6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or
      concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.

            With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. --Pope.

資料來源 : WordNet®

exalting
     adj : tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
           [syn: {ennobling}]