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.
Synonyms: lift, raise, elevate, hoist, heave, boost. These verbs mean to move something from a lower to a higher level or position. Lift sometimes stresses the expenditure of effort: a trunk too heavy to lift. Raise often implies movement to an approximately vertical position: raised my hand so I could ask a question.