lift (1), #leften

t. & i. [Icel. lypta =to lift, from loft the air; cogn. with Dan. löfte to lift, from loft the air, a loft; Sw. lyfta to lift, from loft the air, a loft; O. H. Ger. luftan; Ger. lüften.] A. Transitive: 1. To raise from the ground; to elevate; to raise from a lower to a higher position. "The master, forgetting, what he seldom forgot, that a king should be a gentleman, lifted his cane." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xviii. 2. To support in the air or aloft. 3. To elevate; to exalt; to raise in dignity, fortune, or position. (Frequently followed by up .) 4. To cause to swell, as with pride; to make proud, to elate. "His heart was lifted up to his destruction."-1 Chron. xxvi. 16. IMG:content-0548.png:[blocks in formation]