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To raise high; to elevate; to lift up. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Is. xiv. 13. Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.

Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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.

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.

One who exalts or raises to dignity.

Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow.

The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.

To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. Barrow.

Elevation above the common degree. Holyday.

dition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. ll.

To make appear great or greater; to exalt. Lamb.

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

The higher part of the scale. See Alto. To be in alt, to be in an exalted state of mind.

erica, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.

Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

ride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption. I hate not you for her proud arrogance. Shak.

and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To mingle with a body so august. Byron.…

To deprive of. [Obs.] When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. Herbert.

To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. [Obs.] "Begodded saints." South.