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exalt: raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"

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elate collapse: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"

aught collapse

dignify collapse: raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"

idealize collapse: form ideals; "Man has always idealized"; consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death"

glamorize collapse: make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"

canonize collapse: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"; treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"

brag about collapse

enthrone collapse: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"

boast of collapse

dedicate collapse: set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church; inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents"; open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"

ennoble collapse: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility; confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title"

beatify collapse: declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"; make blessedly happy

look up to collapse

eulogize collapse: praise formally and eloquently; "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"

maximize collapse: make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"; make the most of; "He maximized his role"

sanctify collapse

immortalize collapse: make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"

venerate collapse

hallow collapse

add to collapse: have an increased effect; "This adds to my worries"

revere collapse: American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

jack up collapse

extol collapse

pedestal collapse: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue); a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"

lionize collapse: assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

lengthen collapse: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"

defer to collapse

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

admire collapse: feel admiration for; look at with admiration

jump up collapse

thicken collapse: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"; make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"; make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"

inflate collapse: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"; exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"; increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"; cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"

cleanse collapse: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"; purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

puff up collapse: make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"

throne collapse: the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions; the chair of state of a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne"; sit on the throne as a ruler

devote collapse: set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"

kick upstairs collapse

augment collapse: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"; grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

adore collapse: love intensely; "he just adored his wife"

deify collapse: exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"; consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success"

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