Verb: exalt eg'zolt or ig'zolt
- Raise in rank, character, or status
"exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
- Praise, glorify, or honour
"exalt the virtues of one's children";
- laud, extol, glorify, proclaim
- Fill with great joy or delight
"He was exalted by his phenomenal success";
- exhilarate, tickle pink [informal], inebriate [rare], thrill, beatify
- Heighten or intensify
"These paintings exalt the imagination";
- inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven
Derived forms: exalts, exalted, exalting
Type of: elate, elevate, excite, intoxicate, lift, lift up, pick up, praise, raise, shake, shake up, stir, uplift
Encyclopedia: Exalt