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- verb Present participle of
exalt .
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- adjective tending to exalt
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Examples
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In the German Empire it has been busy in exalting the entity called the Superman.
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David or Zerubbabel (compare Hag 2: 2; Zec 4: 7-10) be primarily meant, there is here typically represented God's more wonderful doings in exalting Christ, crucified as an impostor, to be the Prince and Saviour and Head of His Church.
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Philippe had thus made a great step in exalting the power of the crown.
A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates 1871
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The conqueror shall take a pride in exalting him that is low and abasing him that is high, preferring some and degrading others, at his pleasure, without any regard either to right or merit.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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But do you not see, that, under the idea of exalting me, he is chalking out a new path for himself; a path of action from which he has long wandered?
The Last Man 2003
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Leonora; the idea of exalting this amiable being mingles largely with the other motives to his enterprise.
The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Thomas Carlyle 1838
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But do you not see, that, under the idea of exalting me, he is chalking out a new path for himself; a path of action from which he has long wandered?
The Last Man 1826
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But do you not see, that, under the idea of exalting me, he is chalking out a new path for himself; a path of action from which he has long wandered?
The Last Man Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1824
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Blessed Virgin they were bidden to bethink themselves how "God remembered His mercy and truth toward the House of Israel," exalting "the humble and meek," filling "the hungry with good things," and helping "His servant Israel."
Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. Diocese Of Connecticut
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Djabal stabs himself on her body, thus "exalting" himself to her.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Sutherland Orr 1865
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