Both Uses of
exalt
in
Common Sense
- Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and bad the distinctions of heaven; but how a race of men came into the world so exalted above the rest, and distinguished like some new species, is worth inquiring into, and whether they are the means of happiness or of misery to mankind.†
Chpt 2.
- As the exalting one man so greatly above the rest cannot be justified on the equal rights of nature, so neither can it be defended on the authority of scripture; for the will of the Almighty, as declared by Gideon and the prophet Samuel, expressly disapproves of government by kings.†
Chpt 2. *
Definition:
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(exalt) praise, glorify, or honor
or:
fill with extreme happiness