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Mar 30, 2016 19:34
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English term
are exalted
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I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted.
(does "exalted" here mean "raised"?)
(does "exalted" here mean "raised"?)
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| 4 +3 | are intensified |
philgoddard
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| 4 +2 | are very high |
Yvonne Gallagher
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philgoddard
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are intensified
Exalt has several meanings, but it's no. 5 that mainly applies here:
1 To raise in rank, power, or character
2 To elevate by praise or in estimation: glorify
3 Obsolete: elate
4 To raise high: elevate
5 To enhance the activity of: intensify <rousing and exalting the imagination — George Eliot>
1 To raise in rank, power, or character
2 To elevate by praise or in estimation: glorify
3 Obsolete: elate
4 To raise high: elevate
5 To enhance the activity of: intensify <rousing and exalting the imagination — George Eliot>
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6 mins
Yvonne Gallagher
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are very high
the powers of evil are at their highest during "those dark hours"
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Note added at 8 mins (2016-03-30 19:42:57 GMT)
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normally "exalted" would be used to describe noble or lofty things so there is a hint here that these evil spirits are admired when they should be abhorred
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/exalted
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Note added at 8 mins (2016-03-30 19:42:57 GMT)
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normally "exalted" would be used to describe noble or lofty things so there is a hint here that these evil spirits are admired when they should be abhorred
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/exalted
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Beat me to it! I'll leave my answer as it contains another reference.
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Many thanks:-)
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| agree |
Charles Davis
: Heightened, meaning particularly powerful or intense. In archaic use it doesn't necessarily connote noble or lofty.
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