re-exaltv.
/ˌriːᵻɡˈzɔːlt/, /ˌriːɛɡˈzɔːlt/, /ˌriːᵻɡˈzɒlt/, /ˌriːɛɡˈzɒlt/, U.S. /ˌriɪɡˈzɔlt/, /ˌriɛɡˈzɔlt/, /ˌriɪɡˈzɑlt/, /ˌriɛɡˈzɑlt/ transitive (chiefly in passive). To exalt again.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise > again
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1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 193 Ethelred like in fortune to the former Ethelred, was re-exalted to his Seat.
1710 B. Hoadly Original & Inst. Civil Govt. App. 65 Condescension, and Humility, which re-exalted our Lord to the Right hand of God.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. c. 82 His countenance was again lifted up, his good humour retrieved, and his mien re-exalted.
1832 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 331/1 Still its efforts to re-exalt itself were vain, and it continued to be a neglected and a despised thing.
1912 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Republican 2 June 16/4 How much of the present disposition is traceable to the example of one who has been exalted, and who would now re-exalt himself?
2004 News of World (Nexis) 3 Oct. The following will save and renew the Catholic Church... Abandoning the Code of Canon Law and re-exalting the Bible and the teachings of Jesus.
Derivatives
re-exalˈtation n.
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1687 J. Stewart Let. 12 July in Bp. G. Burnet Their Highness Prince & Princess of Orange's Opinion Gen. Liberty of Conscience (1689) iv. 31 The Dissenters..think themselves in large more Hazard from the Church of England's Re-exaltation.
1783 Monthly Rev. Apr. 355 Endeavour to be the instrument of that nobleman's re-exaltation!
1897 B. Hall Even as you & I i. vii. 27 The reëxaltation of our own dead virtues.
1994 Time 10 Oct. 63/2 His re-exaltation of Shakespeare occurs as an end product of his own idiosyncratic notions of how literature is written and read.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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