Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to elevate
Participle: elevated
Gerund: elevating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | elevate |
| you | elevate |
| he;she;it | elevates |
| we | elevate |
| you | elevate |
| they | elevate |
Perfect
| I | have elevated |
| you | have elevated |
| he;she;it | has elevated |
| we | have elevated |
| you | have elevated |
| they | have elevated |
Past
| I | elevated |
| you | elevated |
| he;she;it | elevated |
| we | elevated |
| you | elevated |
| they | elevated |
Pluperfect
| I | had elevated |
| you | had elevated |
| he;she;it | had elevated |
| we | had elevated |
| you | had elevated |
| they | had elevated |
Future
| I | will elevate |
| you | will elevate |
| he;she;it | will elevate |
| we | will elevate |
| you | will elevate |
| they | will elevate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have elevated |
| you | will have elevated |
| he;she;it | will have elevated |
| we | will have elevated |
| you | will have elevated |
| they | will have elevated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | elevate |
| you | elevate |
| he;she;it | elevate |
| we | elevate |
| you | elevate |
| they | elevate |
Perfect
| I | have elevated |
| you | have elevated |
| he;she;it | have elevated |
| we | have elevated |
| you | have elevated |
| they | have elevated |
Imperfect
| I | elevated |
| you | elevated |
| he;she;it | elevated |
| we | elevated |
| you | elevated |
| they | elevated |
Pluperfect
| I | had elevated |
| you | had elevated |
| he;she;it | had elevated |
| we | had elevated |
| you | had elevated |
| they | had elevated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would elevate |
| you | would elevate |
| he;she;it | would elevate |
| we | would elevate |
| you | would elevate |
| they | would elevate |
Perfect
| I | would have elevated |
| you | would have elevated |
| he;she;it | would have elevated |
| we | would have elevated |
| you | would have elevated |
| they | would have elevated |
Imperative
| you | elevate |
| we | Let's elevate |
| you | elevate |
Verbs conjugated like 'elevate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'elevate'
relevate,
delegate,
elate,
elimate,
elixate,
eluate,
eluviate,
eluxate,
enecate,
enervate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- raise
- heave, levitate, animate, lift, boost, heighten, erect, increase
- improve
- ennoble, refine, dignify, enhance, cheer
- promote
- uphold, exalt, advance, honor
Antonyms
- raise
- depress, decrease, degrade, debase
- improve
- worsen, decline, fail, weaken
- promote
- degrade, debase, demoralize, discredit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
3. Proto-Indo-European *-s
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
5. Proto-Italic *eks
6. Latin ex
7. Latin ex-
8. Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-us
10. Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder.
11. ▲
12. Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.?
13. Proto-Italic *leɣʷis
14. Latin levis
15. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
16. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
17. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
18. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
19. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
20. Proto-Italic *-ājō
21. Proto-Italic *-āō
22. Latin -ō
23. Latin levō
24. Latin ēlevō
25. Latin ēlevātusder.
26. Middle English elevat
27. Proto-Indo-European *-o-
28. Proto-Indo-European *-nom
29. Proto-Indo-European *-onom
30. Proto-Germanic *-aną
31. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
32. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
33. Proto-Germanic *-janą
34. Old English -an
35. Middle English -en
36. Middle English elevaten
37. English elevate
38. From Middle English elevaten (“to raise up, erect; to elate, inflate (e.g. with pride); (alchemy) to vaporize; (of a bone, excressence, blood vessel) to protrude”), from elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), further from Latin ēlevātus, the perfect passive participle of ēlevō (“to raise, lift up”), from ē- (“out”) + levō (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see levity and lever.
Sample Sentences
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[...] attorneys in our Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors are, from theirs. The jury are quite at home, and make themselves as comfortable as circumstances will permit. The witness is so little elevated above, or put aloof from, the crowd in the court, that a stranger entering during a pause in the proceedings would find it difficult to pick him out from the rest. And if it chanced to be a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of taste and appreciation of intellectual gifts, and gratitude to those men who, by the peaceful exercise of great abilities, shed new charms and associations upon the homes of their countrymen, and elevate their character in other lands, was most earnestly testified by their reception of Washington Irving, my dear friend, who had recently been appointed Minister at the court of Spain, and who was [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] abused; but you don't want to have anything to do with them yourselves. You would send them to Africa, out of your sight and smell, and then send a missionary or two to do up all the self-denial of elevating them compendiously. Isn't that it ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Poh ! ” said Alfred, “ we'll take care of that, in this country. We must set our face against all this educating, elevating talk, that is getting about now; the lower class must not be educated. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Why, elevate your own servants, for a specimen, ” said Alfred, with a half-scornful smile.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ You might as well set Mount Ætna on them flat, and tell them to stand up under it, as tell me to elevate my servants under all the superincumbent mass of society upon them. One man can do nothing, against the whole action of a community. Education, to do anything, must be a state education; or there [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)