re-elevate

verb

To elevate again; to bring higher again.

“This aims to re-elevate the position of reason, but now within in a new context.”

OriginEnglish elevate ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus →
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Meanings

verbre-elevate (third-person singular simple present re-elevates, present participle re-elevating, simple past and past participle re-elevated)

present singular third person re-elevates · participle present re-elevating · participle past re-elevated · past re-elevated · alternative reelevate

  1. transitiveTo elevate again; to bring higher again.

    This aims to re-elevate the position of reason, but now within in a new context.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  8. Proto-Italic*eks
  9. Latinex
  10. Latinex-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  13. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  14. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  15. Latinlevis
  16. Latinlevō
  17. Latinēlevō
  18. Latinēlevātus
  19. Middle Englishelevat
  20. Middle Englishelevaten
  21. Englishelevate
  22. Englishre-elevate

From re- + elevate.

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APA

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Chicago

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