v.tr.
1. bring to a higher position.
2 Eccl. hold up (the Host or the chalice) for adoration.
3 raise, lift (one's eyes etc.).
4 raise the axis of (a gun).
5 raise (a railway etc.) above ground level.
6 exalt in rank etc.
7 (usu. as elevated adj.) raise morally or intellectually (elevated style).
8 (as elevated adj.) colloq. slightly drunk.
Derivatives:
elevatory adj.
Etymology: L elevare raise (as E-, levis light)