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elevate
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Elevate
(gcide)
Elevate \El"e*vate\, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.]
Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton.
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Elevate
(gcide)
Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
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2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
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3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
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4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
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5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
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6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo." --Sir W. Scott.
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7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.

Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
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elevate
(wn)
elevate
v 1: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John
was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women
tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got
promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote,
upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate]
[ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs,
relegate]
2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
"Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up,
bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down,
lower, take down]
3: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people
from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate]
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Elevated
(gcide)
Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
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2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
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3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
[1913 Webster]

4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
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5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
[1913 Webster]

6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo." --Sir W. Scott.
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7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.

Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
[1913 Webster]Elevated \El"e*va`ted\, a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated
thoughts.
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Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised
considerably above the ground, especially a city railway
above the line of street travel.
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Elevated railway
(gcide)
Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\
(r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
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Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
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2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
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Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
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Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
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Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.

Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.

Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
course.

Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.

Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.

Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]

Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]

Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.


Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.

Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.

Underground railroad Underground railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.

Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t
of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells.
[1913 Webster]Elevated \El"e*va`ted\, a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated
thoughts.
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Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised
considerably above the ground, especially a city railway
above the line of street travel.
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Elevatedness
(gcide)
Elevatedness \El"e*va`ted*ness\, n.
The quality of being elevated.
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To elevate a piece
(gcide)
Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
[1913 Webster]

3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
[1913 Webster]

4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
[1913 Webster]

5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
[1913 Webster]

6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo." --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]

7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]

To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.

Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
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elevate
(wn)
elevate
v 1: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John
was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women
tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got
promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote,
upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate]
[ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs,
relegate]
2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
"Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up,
bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down,
lower, take down]
3: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people
from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate]
elevated
(wn)
elevated
adj 1: raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"
2: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or
style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown
ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand
purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand,
high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified,
idealistic, noble-minded]
3: increased in amount or degree; "raised temperature" [syn:
raised(a), elevated]
n 1: a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a
track that is raised above the street level [syn: {elevated
railway}, elevated railroad, elevated, el, {overhead
railway}]
elevated railroad
(wn)
elevated railroad
n 1: a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a
track that is raised above the street level [syn: {elevated
railway}, elevated railroad, elevated, el, {overhead
railway}]
elevated railway
(wn)
elevated railway
n 1: a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a
track that is raised above the street level [syn: {elevated
railway}, elevated railroad, elevated, el, {overhead
railway}]

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