Elevated; raised aloft.

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

Elevate is a foster care organization that was started in the summer of 2005 in Des Moines, Iowa as a support group for foster and adopted youth. It was founded by Tammy Mahan, a social worker at Children and Families of Iowa. Tammy is also an adoptive and biological mom.

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

A term used by Theory of Constraints practitioners to mean increasing a resource.

pp. 54, 55, 73, 74, 83, and 95.