Definition of "elevated" []

• Raised especially above the ground: an elevated platform. (adjective)
• Increased in amount or degree: an elevated temperature. (adjective)
• Morally or intellectually superior. (adjective)
• Formal; lofty: an elevated prose style. (adjective)
• Elated in feeling or mood; high-spirited. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "We hold that these colored barbarians have been withdrawn from a country of native barbarism, and under the benignant influence of a Christian rule, of a Christian civilization, have been elevated, yes, _elevated_ to a standing and position which they could never have otherwise secured."
• "Yellen used the word "elevated" four times in her speech in referring to the 8.8 percent jobless rate."
• "The majority of MPC did see near some term elevated CPI prospects elevated and UK growth momentum would be more than thought."