# elevate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɛləveɪt/ · frequency rank #17,606

## Definitions
1. To raise (something) to a higher position.
2. To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
3. To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
4. To confer honor or nobility on (someone).
5. To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value.
6. To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things.
7. To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
8. To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
9. To lift the spirits of (someone)
10. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy.
11. To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc.

## Etymology
From Middle English elevaten (“to raise up, erect; to elate, inflate (e.g. with pride); (alchemy) to vaporize; (of a bone, excressence, blood vessel) to protrude”), from elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), further from Latin ēlevātus, the perfect passive participle of ēlevō (“to raise, lift up”), from ē- (“out”) + levō (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see levity and lever.

## Easily confused with
- **elevated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elevate-vs-elevated)
- **elevator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elevate-vs-elevator)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eelvate`, `eleavte`, `elevaet`, `elevatte`, `elevtae`, `elevvate`, `ellevate`, `elveate`, `leevate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/elevate