The Only Use of
exalt
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled.†
p. 68.3
Definition:
praise, glorify, or honor
or:
fill with extreme happiness
or:
fill with extreme happiness