verb
- Praise, glorify, or honor.
- usage: "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
- Fill with sublime emotion.
- usage: "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
- synonyms: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify
- Heighten or intensify.
- usage: "These paintings exalt the imagination"
- synonyms: inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
- Raise in rank, character, or status.
- usage: "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
- synonyms: exalt
adjective
- Tending to exalt.
- usage: "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
- synonyms: ennobling
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