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Lifted up; raised; elevated. With upper lip elate. Fenton. And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones.

Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.

of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if no sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.

Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] Milton.

also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.

That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:

Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.

. . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.

The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.

A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

ollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc. Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope.

One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.