elevated

Definitions

1. 1

   simple past and past participle of elevate

2. 2

   Raised, usually above ground level.

3. 3

   Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   • the elevated language of poetry
   • The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.
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   1. 4

      Of a higher rank or status.

   2. 5

      Running with administrator rights.

      • Install all the required tools from an elevated console.
   3. 6

      Intoxicated

      Intoxicated; drunk.

      • ‘I hope,’ said Mr. Pickwick, ‘that our volatile friend is committing no absurdities in that dickey behind.’ ‘Oh dear, no,’ replied Ben Allen. ‘Except when he’s elevated, Bob’s the quietest creature breathing.’
   4. 7

      Of a higher register or style.

   5. 8

      An elevated railway.

      • the Washington Street Elevated
      • Mr. Nunheim's home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.
      • While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.

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