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1. Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
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2. Elated with great ideas or hopes.
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3. What notes, what high-raised strains shall tell my joy?
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4. Admiral Porter, Incidents of the Civil War, p.204Via a Wordorigins thread about the phrase "I have seen the elephant," interesting in its own right—it's apparently a southwestern expression meaning either 'to see it all, to experience it all' or 'to undergo any disappointment of high-raised expectations,' depending on who you believe.
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5. Stoutly stood with his shield high-raised the warrior king, as the worm now coiled together amain: the mailed-one waited.
