exalt
pronunciation
How to pronounce exalt in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzɔːlt]
How to pronounce exalt in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzɔːlt]
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- Verb:
- praise, glorify, or honor
- fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage)
- heighten or intensify
- raise in rank, character, or status
Word Origin
- exalt (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French exalter (10c.), from Latin exaltare "raise, elevate," from ex- "out, up" (see ex-) + altus "high" (see old). Related: Exalted; exalting.
Example
- 1. You need enough money to acquire a puppy or a gun , and enough free time to exalt in its warmth .
- 2. But it can also inspire and uplift and exalt , because power can be used to help people accomplish marvelous things .
- 3. O magnify the lord with me , and let us exalt his name together .
- 4. No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man .
- 5. My tongue doth cleave to my palate , if I do not remember thee , if I do not exalt jerusalem above my chief joy .