elevate
From LSJ
Μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ → I hate it when someone is caught in the midst of their evil deeds and tries to gloss over them
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
raise: P. and V. αἴρειν, ἐπαίρειν, ἐξαίρειν, ἀνάγειν, ἀνέχειν; see raise.
heighten: P. and V. αἴρειν, Ar. and P. μετεωρίζειν; see heighten.
Met., exalt: P. and V. αἴρειν, ἐπαίρειν, ἐξαίρειν, αὐξάνειν, αὔξειν, Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦν, πυργοῦν, V. ἀνάγειν; see exalt.
prefer to honour: P. and V. προτιμᾶν.
elevate (the voice): P. ἐπαίρειν, ἐντείνεσθαι.
