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Exalt

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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Canonize 76% connected

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Deify 76% connected

To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified.

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Encourage 76% connected

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ensky 76% connected

To place in the sky or in heaven.

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Hymn 76% connected

An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious…

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Elate 76% connected

Lifted up; raised; elevated.

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

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Excite 76% connected

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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Intoxicate 76% connected

Intoxicated.

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Uplift 76% connected

To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

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Apotheosis 74% connected

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

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Apotheosis 74% connected

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

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Glorification 74% connected

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

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Glorification 74% connected

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

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Glory 74% connected

Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

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Glory 74% connected

Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

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Invigoration 74% connected

The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

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Invigoration 74% connected

The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

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Kick 74% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Kick 74% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Thrill 74% connected

A warbling; a trill.

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Thrill 74% connected

A warbling; a trill.

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Synonym 12

Animate 92% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Beatify 92% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enliven 92% connected

To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exhilarate 92% connected

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Extol 92% connected

To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Glorify 92% connected

To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inebriate 92% connected

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inspire 92% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Invigorate 92% connected

To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Laud 92% connected

High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Proclaim 92% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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