\Ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exalted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Exalting}.] [L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make
high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See {Altitude}.]
1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
         I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. --Is.
                                               xiv. 13.
         Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes --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.