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5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. Is. xxxvii. 23.

Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice.

Prior.

6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.

With chemic art exalts the mineral powers.

Pope.

Ex"al*tate (?), a. [L. exaltatus, p. p. of exaltare to exalt.] (Astrol.) Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ex`al*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exaltatio: cf. F. exaltation.] 1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

Wondering at my flight, and change To this high exaltation.

Milton.

2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Ex*alt"ed (?), a. Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.

Wiser far than Solomon, Of more exalted mind.

Milton.

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.

Ames.

-- Ex*alt"ed*ly, adv. -- Ex*alt"ed*ness, n. "The exaltedness of some minds." T. Gray.

Ex*alt"er (?), n. One who exalts or raises to dignity.

Ex*alt"ment (?), n. Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow.

Ex*a"men (?), n. [L., the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, fr. exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: cf. F. examen. See Exact, a.] Examination; inquiry. [R.] "A critical examen of the two pieces." Cowper.

Ex*am"e*tron (?), n. [NL. See Hexameter.] An hexameter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ex*am"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon.

Ex*am"i*nant (?), n. [L. examinans, -antis, examining.] 1. One who examines; an examiner. Sir W. Scott.

2. One who is to be examined. [Obs.] H. Prideaux.

Ex*am"i*nate (?), n. [L. examinatus, p. p. of examinare. See Examine. ] A person subjected to examination. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ex*am`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.