Part 3995

<blockquote>In his own grace he doth <b>exalt</b> himself. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.</def>

<blockquote>They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily <b>exalted</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.</def>

<i>Is. xxxvii. 23.</i>

<blockquote>Now Mars, she said, let Fame <b>exalt</b> her voice. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Alchem.)</fld> <def>To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; <as>as, to <ex>exalt</ex> the juices of bodies</as>.</def>

<blockquote>With chemic art <b>exalts</b> the mineral powers. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exaltate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex"al*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exaltatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exaltare</ets> to exalt.]</ety> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Exaltation</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex`al*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exaltatio</ets>: cf. F.<ets>exaltation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.</def>

<blockquote>Wondering at my flight, and change To this high <b>exaltation</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Alchem.)</fld> <def>The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.</def>

<h1>Exalted</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*alt"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.</def>

<blockquote>Wiser far than Solomon, Of more <b>exalted</b> mind. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Time never fails to bring every <b>exalted</b> reputation to a strict scrutiny. <i>Ames.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ex*alt"ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ex*alt"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms> "The <i>exaltedness</i> of some minds."

<i>T. Gray.</i>

<h1>Exalter</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*alt"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who exalts or raises to dignity.</def>

<h1>Exaltment</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*alt"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Exaltation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>