To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.
To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.
At a less exalted level, we buy and sell attention all the time, usually as part of some other transaction. I'm afraid, though, that very few people walk on that exalted plane. New York Times. To exult with a "u" is to whoop it up, celebrate, to be happy. If you rejoice at your team's big win, you exult in it.
It's an intransitive verb, so it doesn't need an object — you exult all by yourself, any way you want:. Little wonder Ferry's fans were out in force Tuesday, but they had little reason to exult as the show opened in subdued style.
Chicago Tribune. We do have our problems and we worry and whine and complain, but we also have to celebrate and exult. Associated Press. Coffers will bulge, fans will exult , civilization will fail to collapse. If you think something is the best thing ever and you practically worship it, you exalt it. You have to exalt something. To top.
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