‖n. [ F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. elevatus, p. p. ] Elevated; raised aloft. [ Poetic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elevated p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating ] [ L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity. ] 1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [ Colloq. & Sportive ] “The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [ A Latin meaning ] [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.

Syn. -- To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being elevated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elevatio: cf. F. élévation. ] 1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. “Degrees of elevation above us.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o&unr_; sight; -- distinguished from direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. --
Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. élévateur. ] 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Aëronautics) A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Elevator head,
Elevator leg, and
Elevator boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Elevator shoes, shoes having unusually thick soles and heels, designed to make a person appear taller than he or she actually is. [ PJC ]

a. Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. élévatoire. ] (Surg.) See Elevator, n. (e). Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. guilloire (fr. guiller to work, ferment) + E. vat. ] A vat for fermenting liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. levare to raise. ] (Rom. Myth.) A goddess who protected newborn infants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of lever to raise. ] (Law) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. levante the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr. levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever. ] 1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A levanter (the wind so called). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Eastern. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another. ] To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [ Colloq. Eng. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Levant, v. ] One who levants, or decamps. [ Colloq. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Levant, n. ] A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean. W. H. Russell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. levantin, or It. levantino. See Levant, n. ] Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Levant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ F. levantine, or It. levantina. ] A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ Law L., cause to be levied. ] A writ of execution at common law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. levatio. ] The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See Lever, n. ] 1. (Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability. [ 1913 Webster ]

Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Scots Law) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. relevant, p. pr. of relever to raise again, to relieve. See Relieve. ] 1. Relieving; lending aid or support. [ R. ] Pownall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Close and relevant arguments have very little hold on the passions. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) Sufficient to support the cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a relevant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. relevatio, fr. relevare. See Relieve. ] A raising or lifting up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

an elevator for carrying large or havy items, or for the use of service people. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. sublevare to lift up; sub under + levare to lift, raise: cf. L. sublevatio an allevation. ] 1. The act of raising on high; elevation. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An uprising; an insurrection. [ R. ] Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. sublevare to raise up. Cf. Sublevation. ] To rouse; to excite. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]