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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: exaltare, from altus 'high'

exalt

 verb
     
ex‧alt [transitive] formal
1 to put someone or something into a high rank or position
2 to praise someone, especially God:
Exalt ye the Lord.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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