возвышать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic възвышати (vŭzvyšati). By surface analysis, возвы́сить (vozvýsitʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

возвыша́ть (vozvyšátʹimpf (perfective возвы́сить)

  1. to raise (to), to elevate (to)
    возвыша́ть го́лосvozvyšátʹ gólosto raise one's voice
  2. to elevate, to ennoble

Conjugation