单词 | exalted |
释义 | exaltedadj. 1. a. Raised or set up on high; elevated. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > raised rearedc1330 araisedc1340 loft14.. upraisedc1400 upreared1422 raiseda1450 uplentc1450 sublevate?1523 enhancedc1540 elevated1553 well-raised1575 elevate1598 extolled1608 exalteda1616 relevated1635 elatea1730 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 60 Weepe your teares Into the Channell, till the lowest streame Do kisse the most exalted Shores of all. View more context for this quotation 1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 193 Thoughts..winged to flye To that exalted stand. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 164 Thro' half the heav'ns he pours th' exalted urn. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 108 The Great King..from an exalted throne beheld the misfortunes of his arms. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > loud or resonant > raised (of voice) highlyOE highOE hautaina1375 raised1579 exalted1711 uplifted1828 elevated1829 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 147. ⁋2 These pronounce the first part of a Sentence with a very exalted Voice. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 74 With an exalted Voice, Captain C——p, says, etc. 1790 Norman & Bertha II. 148 Mrs. Westbrook and Norman heard their exalted voices, but could not distinguish their words. 2. Elevated in rank, station, or public estimation. Usually without implication of any previous lower condition: Highly placed, of high station, etc. an exalted personage: used for someone of high (usually royal or princely) rank, whom it is not desired to designate explicitly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > exalted in rank higheOE stern of slatec1300 greatc1325 differentc1384 excellentc1400 haught1470 upper1477 elevate?1504 of sort1606 sublime1606 eminenta1616 exalted1623 elevated1665 uppish1797 ranking1847 high-up1848 high-ranking1850 superimposed1861 salt1868 top-ranking1936 1623–6 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Exalted, promoted. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 8 Peers give way, exalted as they are, Ev'n to their own S-r-v-nce in a Carr. 1800 F. Ames Eulogy on Washington in Wks. (1809) 116 Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 276 The physician..hoped he saw his exalted patient merry and happy. 1847 Dr. Corrie in Holroyd Memorials (1890) 248 To place over us an exalted personage who has not been educated among us. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 41 Any man whom a revolution has..hurled down from an exalted position. 3. a. Of persons: Impassioned, rapturously excited. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective] > inspired sublime1667 exalted1712 exalté1831 inspired1856 the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] > affected by mada1350 inebriate1497 rapt1539 attoxicated1604 inebriated1610 intoxicated1620 exalted1712 slap-happy1936 slappy1937 happy-slappy1943 buzzed1952 stoned1952 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [adjective] ravished1549 rapt1555 rapted1567 enchanted1594 ecstatical1600 tranced1608 raptured1638 corrept1659 enravished1662 ecstatic1664 rapturous1664 sublime1667 exalted1712 enraptured1757 ecstasied1787 blissed out1973 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 503. ⁋2 When the Musick was strong and bold, she look'd exalted, but serious. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xii From vale To vale the exalted Adosinda went. b. Of the pulse: High, rapid. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [adjective] > types of pulsation slowa1398 stronga1398 throbbinga1450 systematical1658 long1671 natant1707 undose1707 vermiculose1707 exalted1742 salienta1791 inciduous1822 fluttering1834 sharp1843 sluggish1843 tricrotic1876 tricrotous1877 bounding1879 short1898 quadrigeminal1906 plateau1923 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xii. 75 His Pulse was very exalted . View more context for this quotation 4. Of feelings, powers, sentiments, states of the mind: Thesaurus » b. Elevated, lofty in character; sublime, noble. Cf. exaltation n. 2d, 2e. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [adjective] kindly1340 heroical?a1475 heroicc1550 high-set1597 fine1598 unbase1601 exalteda1616 noblea1616 spiritful1631 raised1662 high-toned1770 lofty1776 etherealized1846 upward1850 unsordid1857 high-tone1864 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 26 Besides she vses me with a more exalted respect, then any one else. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. i. vi. sig. M8 He, whose high Reason, and exalted Piety, has..plac'd him above them. 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 381 You cannot boast a more exalted Hatred Against the Visier's Person. 1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 160 The light of God's countenance will irradiate..all their exalted faculties. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 12 Warm with the ardor of an extending and exalted religion. 1847 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Wks. (1906) I. 382 Some men are born with exalted powers for this second creation. c. Of diction: Elevated, ‘high-flown’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent magnificenta1460 statelya1525 magnifical1533 tragical1533 lofty1565 tragic1566 sublime1586 over-high1587 magnific1589 heroic1590 buskina1593 grandiloquous1593 full-mouthed1594 high-pitched1594 buskined1595 full-mouth1595 high-borne1596 altisonant1612 Roman1619 high-sounding1624 transcendent1631 magniloquent1640 loud1651 altiloquent1656 grandiloquent1656 largiloquent1656 altisonous1661 tall1670 elevate1673 grandisonous1674 sounding1683 exalted1684 grandisonant1684 grandific1727 magniloquous1727 orotund1799 superb1825 spread eagle1839 grandiose1840 magnisonanta1843 togated1868 elevated1875 mandarin1959 1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 3 In what exalted streins Sicilian Muses..Proclaim Saturnian Times. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 12 After many exalted expressions to that purpose. 1739 T. Sheridan tr. Persius Satyrs (new ed.) Ded. 8 A most exalted Lecture, instructing us in the true Freedom of the Mind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent sharpc1000 hotc1175 poignantc1387 keen1398 angryc1400 eager?c1400 tartc1405 argutec1420 mordicative?a1425 mordificative?a1425 piperinea1425 pungitive?a1425 pikea1475 vehement1490 oversharpa1500 over-stronga1500 penetrating?1576 penetrative1578 quick1578 piercing1593 exalted1594 mordicant1603 acute1620 toothed1628 pungent1644 piquant1645 tartarous1655 mordacious1657 piperate1683 peppery1684 tartish1712 hyperoxide1816 snell1835 mordanta1845 shrill1864 piperitious1890 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to refining or exaltation exalted1594 exalting1665 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 85 (heading) To make proiection..with a medicine so exalted, as that one shal extend vpon a hundreth. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 14 It contains a great deal of exalted Oil. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Exaltation Most sulphureous Matters, much Exalted, are observed to be of a red Colour. 1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 18 The Solan Goose..whose Flesh is of a very exalted Taste. 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 146 The venom of the Adder, or English Viper, is not so exalted..as that of the Italian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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