▪ I. elevating, vbl. n.
(ˈɛlɪveɪtɪŋ)
[f. elevate v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb elevate.
| 1641 Wilkins Math. Magick i. ix. (1648) 58 It is likewise used for the elevating or lifting up of weights. 1692 in Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. ii. xxiv. 129 A Gunner's Ruler, for the Elevating of any Piece of Ordnance to any degree of Mounture. 1870 M. Bridgman R. Lynne I. ix. 138 Elevatings of the eyebrows. |
| attrib. 1859 F. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 122 The elevating screw must..be clamped. 1881 Times 28 Jan. 3/6 The elevating gear of this gun. |
▪ II. elevating, ppl. a.
(ˈɛlɪveɪtɪŋ)
[f. elevate v. + -ing2.]
That elevates; chiefly fig.
| 1817 Coleridge To a Lady, The elevating thought of suffered pains. 1853 Robertson Serm. Ser. iv. xvii. (1876) 229 The elevating power of faith. 1875 Hamerton Intell. Life i. iv. 24 Elevating influences of literature. |