elevate Copy link Outline I. To lift up (in lit. sense)II. In fig. sense, to exalt, raise to a higher pitch1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 32. ēvĕho, xi, ctum, 3III. Only in pass., to be elevated, as by good fortune or wine • elevate: I. To lift up (in lit. sense): tollo, attollo, lĕvo: v. to raise, lift up. Phr.: to e. the host, elevaro hostiam salutarem, Honor. Ep. in Hook's Ch. Dict. II. In fig. sense, to exalt, raise to a higher pitch: 1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: to e. to threefold honours, tergeminis t. honoribus, Hor.: Liv.: v. to raise. 2. ēvĕho, xi, ctum, 3: to e. to the gods, e. ad Deos, Hor.: v. to exalt. Phr.: to e. the voice, vocem attollere, Quint. III. Only in pass., to be elevated, as by good fortune or wine: v. ELATED.