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.
Definition of uplift. transitive verb. 1 : to lift up : elevate; especially : to cause (a portion of the earth's surface) to rise above adjacent areas. 2 : to improve the spiritual, social, or intellectual condition of. intransitive verb.