elevation

[Lat. elevatio, from elevatus, pa. par. of elevo =to lift up; Fr. élévation; Sp. ele vacion; Ital. elevazione.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of elevating, lifting up, or raising to a higher place or position. "The disruption of the strata, the elevation of some, and depre ion of others, did not fall out by chance, but were directed by a discerning principle." -Woodward . 2. The state of being elevated, lifted up, or raised. 3. The act of raising, promoting, or exalting to a higher state, position, or dignity. 4. The state of being raised or exalted to a higher state, position, or dignity. "One of the most severe trials to which the head and heart of man can be put is great and rapid elevation ."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xxv. 5. An elevated position or ground; a height, an altitude. 6. A position of high honor, rank, or dignity. "Angels, in their several degrees of elevation above us, may be endowed with more comprehensive faculties." Locke . 7. The act of raising, refining, or improving the mind. manners, character, style, . 8. A state of refinement or exaltation of the mind, Astrolabe, p. 32. 2. Elevated, raised, high. "In a region elevate and high." Drayton: Barons' Wars, bk. i. ěl-ě-vat-ěd, pa . par . & a . [ELEVATE, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lifted or raised up; set on high or above others; exalted: as, an elevated position or dignity. 2. Raised, made louder. "Your elevated voice goes through the brain." Cowper: Conversation, 328. 3. Slightly intoxicated with drink; excited. "He is supposed to be a little elevated , and nobody heeds him." - Dickens. Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. ix. II. Her .: Applied to the wings of a bird, which are expanded and upright.