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noun
The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A feeling of happiness so intense as to be carried away by it; joyful pride bordering on ecstasy, often resulting from acclaim or triumph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Apotheosis; becoming a god in the highest degree of glory after death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Mormonism, countable, uncountable
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noun
The collective noun for larks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncommon, uncountable
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noun
An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deification, apotheosis
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Broader terms: worship
noun
a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flock
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the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: celestial point
noun
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion- Charles Dickens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ecstasy, rapture, transport, raptus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotional state, spirit
History
From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”). By surface analysis, exalt + -ation.
Across languages
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