单词 | elevating |
释义 | elevatingn. The action of elevate v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] highing?c1225 heavinga1300 hancinga1382 arearing1382 hainingc1440 enhancing1490 elevation1526 raise1538 elation1578 heightening1598 raisure1613 exaltation1616 sublation1623 elevating1648 sublevation1663 upraising1839 uprearing1853 upsetting1882 updraw1912 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. ix. 58 It is likewise used for the elevating or lifting up of weights. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxiv. 137 A Gunner's Ruler, for the Elevating of any Piece of Ordnance to any degree of Mounture. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. ix. 138 Elevatings of the eyebrows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). elevatingadj. That elevates; chiefly figurative. ΚΠ 1817 S. T. Coleridge To Lady The elevating thought of suffered pains. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. xvii. 229 The elevating power of faith. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) i. iv. 24 Elevating influences of literature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1648adj.1817 |
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