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re-ˈelevate, v.
[re- 5 a.]
To elevate again.
a1834Coleridge cited by Worcester (1846). 1873J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age xxii. 290 Then, finally, the land was re⁓elevated to its present level. 1895Minutes 9th Nat. Counc. Congreg. Ch. (U.S.) 242 To re-elevate the standard of scholarship which has been so unfortunately..lowered.
So re-eleˈvation. (Chiefly Geol.)
1817J. Scott Paris Revis. (ed. 4) 395 Resting its re⁓elevation on the foundation of popular choice. 1868Lyell Princ. Geol. ii. xxxi. (ed. 10) II. 187 It seems impossible to explain the position of this buried hut, without imagining, first a subsidence..then a re-elevation. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xiv. 258 The frequent subsidences and re⁓elevations. |