One soldier's face, carefully crafted in cast metal, is the unmistakable chiseled likeness of Dr. Rudy Moise, the wealthy Miami physician, lawyer, would-be movie star, and now candidate for U.S. Congress who paid $120,000 to commission the monument. Jaws drop.
Definition of elevate. elevated. ; elevating. transitive verb. 1 : to lift up or make higher : raise elevate a patient's leg exercises that elevate the heart rate. 2 : to raise in rank or status was elevated to chairman.
3 advance, aggrandize, elevate, exalt, prefer, promote, upgrade. 4 activate, arouse, awaken, cause, evoke, excite, foment, foster, incite, instigate, kindle, motivate, provoke, rouse, set on foot, stir up, summon up, whip up. 5 bring about, cause, create, engender, give rise to, occasion, originate, produce, provoke, start.