exalt

Etymology

From Middle English exalten, from Old French exalter, from Latin exaltō.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɒlt/, /ɪɡˈzɔːlt/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔlt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɑlt/
Rhymes: -ɒlt, -ɔːlt
Hyphenation: ex‧alt

Verb

exalt (third-person singular simple present exalts, present participle exalting, simple past and past participle exalted)

(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
They exalted their queen.
(transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.
(transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
(transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.

Usage notes

Do not confuse exalt (praise, extol) (transitive) with exult (rejoice) (intransitive) – "Some people exult when others exalt their achievements."

Synonyms

upgrade

Antonyms

abase
demean

Derived terms

Translations

to honor

Bulgarian: величая (bg) (veličaja), възхвалявам (bg) (vǎzhvaljavam)
Catalan: exaltar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 褒揚 / 褒扬 (zh) (bāoyáng)
Finnish: ylistää (fi)
Galician: exaltar (gl)
German: ehren (de)
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hauhjan)
Greek: εκθειάζω (el) (ektheiázo)
Ancient: ὑψόω (hupsóō)
Japanese: 崇める (ja) (agameru), 褒める (ja) (homeru), 持ち上げる (ja) (mochiageru)
Latin: extollō
Mbyá Guaraní: mboyvate
Persian: تجلیل کردن (fa) (tajlil kardan)
Romanian: cinsti (ro), exalta (ro) (rare)
Russian: прославлять (ru) (proslavljatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: veličati (sh)
Spanish: exaltar (es)

to elevate in rank, status etc.

Bulgarian: издигам (bg) (izdigam)
Catalan: exaltar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抬高 (zh) (táigāo), 提昇 / 提升 (zh) (tíshēng)
Finnish: ylentää (fi)
German: erhöhen (de)
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hauhjan)
Greek: εξυψώνω (el) (exypsóno)
Ancient: ὑψόω (hupsóō)
Irish: ardaigh
Japanese: 崇める (ja) (agameru), 持ち上げる (ja) (mochiageru), 格上げする (ja) (kakuage suru), 賞揚する (ja) (shōyō suru)
Latin: extollō
Mbyá Guaraní: mboyvate
Old English: āhebban
Persian: تعالی بخشیدن (ta'âli baxšidan)
Portuguese: elevar (pt), exaltar (pt)
Russian: повыша́ть (ru) (povyšátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: unaprijediti (sh), unaprediti (sh)
Spanish: exaltar (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} esaltare (it)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} exaltar (es)

Anagrams

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