| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | High spirits: animation, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, inspiration, lift. See HAPPY. | | VERB: | 1. To raise the spirits of: animate, buoy (up), elate, elevate, exhilarate, flush, inspire, inspirit, lift. Obsolete : exalt. See HAPPY. 2. To move (something) to a higher position: boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear2, take up, uphold, upraise, uprear. See RISE. 3. To raise to a high position or status: aggrandize, apotheosize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify. Idioms: put on a pedestal. See RISE.
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