exalt Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.III. To heighten a subject by language1. augeo, xi, ctum, 22. amplĭfĭco, 1 (to set off by strong language, whether by way of praise or blame, cf. Cic. de Or. l. c.)3. tollo. 3 • exalt: I. Lit.: to lift up: tollo, extollo, etc.: v. to raise, lift up. II. Fig.: to elevate; as to honour, office: tollo, ēvĕho: v. to elevate. (N.B. Exalto, opp. to submitto. in Sen. N. Q. pref. lib. 3 § 9.) III. To heighten a subject by language: 1. augeo, xi, ctum, 2: Join: augere et tollere aliquid dicendo, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104. 2. amplĭfĭco, 1 (to set off by strong language, whether by way of praise or blame, cf. Cic. de Or. l. c.): Join: (dicendo) amplificare atque ornare, Cic. 3. tollo. 3: v. supr. (I).