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▪ I. elevating, vbl. n.|ˈɛlɪveɪtɪŋ| [f. elevate v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb elevate.
1641Wilkins Math. Magick i. ix. (1648) 58 It is likewise used for the elevating or lifting up of weights. 1692in Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. ii. xxiv. 129 A Gunner's Ruler, for the Elevating of any Piece of Ordnance to any degree of Mounture. 1870M. Bridgman R. Lynne I. ix. 138 Elevatings of the eyebrows. attrib.1859F. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 122 The elevating screw must..be clamped. 1881Times 28 Jan. 3/6 The elevating gear of this gun. ▪ II. elevating, ppl. a.|ˈɛlɪveɪtɪŋ| [f. elevate v. + -ing2.] That elevates; chiefly fig.
1817Coleridge To a Lady, The elevating thought of suffered pains. 1853Robertson Serm. Ser. iv. xvii. (1876) 229 The elevating power of faith. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life i. iv. 24 Elevating influences of literature. |