ELEVATED: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'elu`veytid
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| Matching Terms: | | elevate, elevated railroad, elevated railway, Elevatedness
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- [adj] raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"
- [adj] raised above ground level; on elevated rails; "elevated railway"
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| | Synonyms: | | overhead, raised |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \El"e*va`ted\, a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated
thoughts.
{Elevated railway}, one in which the track is raised
considerably above the ground, especially a city railway
above the line of street travel.
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