μετεωρίζειν
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also μετεωρίζω): heighten, raise
Lexicon Thucydideum
in sublime tollere, to lift on high, 4.90.2,
PASS. in altum provehi, to be carried out to sea, 8.16.2.