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Encamp
ENCAMP‘, verb intransitive [from camp.] To pitch tents or form huts, as an army; to halt on a march, spread tents and remain for a night or for a longer time, as an army or company.
They encamped in Etham. Exodus 13:20.
The Levites shall encamp about the tabernacle. Numbers 1:50.
1. To pitch tents for the purpose of a siege; to besiege.
ENCAMP against the city and take it. 2 Samuel 12:28.
ENCAMP’, verb transitive To form into a camp; to place a marching army or company in a temporary habitation or quarters.
Exalt
EXALT‘, verb transitive egzolt’. [Low Latin exalto; ex and altus, high.]
1. To raise high; to elevate.
2. To elevate in power, wealth, rank or dignity; as, to exalt one to a throne, to the chief magistracy, to a bishopric.
3. To elevate with joy or confidence; as, to be exalted with success or victory. [We now use elate.]
4. To raise with pride; to make undue pretensions to power, rank or estimation; to elevate too high or above others.
He that exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke 14:11. Matthew 23:12.
5. To elevate in estimation and praise; to magnify; to praise; to extol.
He is my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:2.
6. To raise, as the voice; to raise in opposition. 2 Kings 19:22.
7. To elevate in diction or sentiment; to make sublime; as exalted strains.
8. In physics, to elevate; to purify; to subtilize; to refine; as, to exaltthe juices or the qualities of bodies.
Extol
EXTOL‘, verb transitive [Latin extollo; ex and tollo, to raise.]
To raise in words or eulogy; to praise; to exalt in commendation; to magnify. We extol virtues, noble exploits, and heroism. Men are too much disposed to extol the rich and despise the poor.
EXTOL him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah. Psalms 68:4.