Elevate

eKe-vat, v. To lift to a higher place, raise, exalt: to animate, cheer to ennoble, dignify; to raise to a higher pitch or greater degree of loudne ; to intoxicate slightly; to lighten, le en by detracdiminish. — a. Elevated raised aloft., [L. elevare, -atum, e and levare, to make light, fr. lev light.] — Eleva'tion, n. Act of, or condition of being, etc. an elevated place. {Astron.) Altitude. (Gunnery.) Angle between the line of direction of a gun and the plane of the horizon. (Arch.) View of a machine, building, etc., drawn to scale, and without regard to perspective. — EKeva'tor, -ter, n. One who, or that which, elevates; esp. a contrivance for lifting persons, also goods, grain, etc., to an upper floor; abuilding containing elevators for grain. {Anat.) A muscle which raises a part of the body. {Surg.) An instrument for raising a depre ed portion of a bone. — Sieve, a-lav', n. One brought up by another a pupil; disciple. [F., fr. e'lever, L. elevare, to bring up, educate.]