elevatory
elevatory adjective: tending to raise, or having power to elevate.
Adjective
elevatory (not comparable)
- Tending to raise, or having power to elevate.
- It is therefore clear that the elevatory forces which gave rise to the mountains operated subsequently to the Cretaceous epoch; and that the mountains themselves are largely made up of the materials deposited in the sea which once occupied their place.1912, J. H. Gardiner, The Making of Arguments
- All this is certain, because rocks of cretaceous, or still later, date have shared in the elevatory movements which gave rise to these mountain chains; and may be found perched up, in some cases, many thousand feet high upon their flanks.1894, Thomas H. Huxley, Discourses
elevatory meaning in Tamil
elevatory in Tamil
- உயர்த்தும் பாங்குள்ள, உயர்த்தவல்ல
Origin of elevatory
From elevate + -ory.
Questions about elevatory
- What does elevatory mean?
- Elevatory means tending to raise, or having power to elevate.
- What is elevatory in Tamil?
- Elevatory in Tamil is உயர்த்தும் பாங்குள்ள, உயர்த்தவல்ல. See Elevatory meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is elevatory?
- Elevatory is an adjective.
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