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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

elevare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: elevare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Elevate/ˈɛl.əˌveɪt/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Questo esercizio serve a elevare la frequenza cardiaca."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To lift up or raise to a higher position or state.

    "You should elevate your legs to reduce the swelling."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'elevatus', the past participle of 'elevare', formed from 'ex-' (out, up) and 'levare' (to raise, from 'levis' meaning light in weight). Entering English in the late 15th century, it initially retained its literal sense of lifting up physically before broadening into figurative contexts of status, mood, and quality.

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