Pope.
2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Prov. xiv. 34.
He that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Luke xiv. 11.
3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. "Exalt ye the Lord." Ps. xcix. 5.
In his own grace he doth exalt himself.
Shak.
4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.
They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted.
Dryden.
5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. Is. xxxvii. 23.
Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice.
Prior.
6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.
With chemic art exalts the mineral powers.
Pope.
Ex"al*tate (?), a. [L. exaltatus, p. p. of exaltare to exalt.] (Astrol.) Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ex`al*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exaltatio: cf. F. exaltation.] 1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
Wondering at my flight, and change
To this high exaltation.
Milton.
2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.
Ex*alt"ed (?), a. Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.
Wiser far than Solomon,
Of more exalted mind.
Milton.
Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.
Ames.
-- Ex*alt"ed*ly, adv. -- Ex*alt"ed*ness, n. "The exaltedness of some minds." T. Gray.
Ex*alt"er (?), n. One who exalts or raises to dignity.
Ex*alt"ment (?), n. Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow.
Ex*a"men (?), n. [L., the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, fr. exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: cf. F. examen. See Exact, a.] Examination; inquiry. [R.] "A critical examen of the two pieces." Cowper.
Ex*am"e*tron (?), n. [NL. See Hexameter.] An hexameter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ex*am"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon.
Ex*am"i*nant (?), n. [L. examinans, -antis, examining.] 1. One who examines; an examiner. Sir W. Scott.