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Elevateds
- noun - a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
Elevating
- verb - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
- raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
- raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
Elevation
- noun -
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation"
- a raised or elevated geological formation
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations"
- drawing of an exterior of a structure
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"
- the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
Elevators
- noun - lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
Elevatory
- - Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.
Eliciting
- verb - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
Elocation
- - A removal from the usual place of residence.
Elocuting
- verb - declaim in an elocutionary manner; "The poet elocuted beautifully"