elevate — OAT

elevate

verb

1 we have to rely on a breeze to elevate the kite:

raise, lift (up), raise up/aloft, buoy up, upraise, bear aloft;

hoist, hike up, haul up, heft up, boost.

▷antonyms lower.

2 in the 1920s he was elevated to Secretary of State:

promote, give promotion, upgrade, improve the position/status of, give a higher rank, advance, move up, raise, give advancement, prefer;

ennoble, exalt, aggrandize, dignify;

informal kick upstairs, move up the ladder.

▷antonyms demote.