单词 | exaltation |
释义 | exaltation /eg'zawl tay"sheuhn, ek'sawl-/, n. 1. the act of exalting. 2. the state of being exalted. 3. elation of mind or feeling, sometimes abnormal or morbid in character; rapture: mystical exaltation; euphoric exaltation. 4. Chiefly Brit. a flight of larks. 5. Astrol. the sign of the zodiac in which the most positive influence of a planet is expressed (opposed to fall). 6. Chem. (formerly) the process of subliming. [1350-1400; ME exaltacioun < L exaltation- (s. of exaltatio). See EXALT, -ATION] Syn. 3. exultation, transport, euphoria. See ecstasy. |
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