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Elevate
Elevate El"e*vate, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.]
Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton.
ElevateElevate El"e*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] ``The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo.' --Sir W. Scott.
7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.
Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate. ElevatedElevated El"e*va`ted, a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated
thoughts.
Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised
considerably above the ground, especially a city railway
above the line of street travel. ElevatedElevate El"e*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] ``The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo.' --Sir W. Scott.
7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.
Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate. Elevated railwayRailroad Rail"road`, Railway Rail"way`, n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
Perry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water
course.
Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.
Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.
Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.
Underground railroad or railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of co["o]peration among certain
active antislavery people in the United States, by
which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.
Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
used.] ``Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t of the
underground railroad.' --W. D. Howells. Elevated railwayElevated El"e*va`ted, a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated
thoughts.
Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised
considerably above the ground, especially a city railway
above the line of street travel. Elevatedness
Elevatedness El"e*va`ted*ness, n.
The quality of being elevated.
SullevateSullevate Sul"le*vate, v. t. [L. sublevare to raise up. Cf.
Sublevation.]
To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] --Daniel. To elevate a pieceElevate El"e*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] ``The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo.' --Sir W. Scott.
7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.
Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
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