elevated

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of elevate

adj

1. Raised, usually above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.
   the elevated language of poetry
   The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.
3. Of a higher rank or status.
4. (computing) Running with administrator rights.
   Install all the required tools from an elevated console.
5. (archaic, slang) Intoxicated; drunk.
6. (linguistics) Of a higher register or style.

noun

1. (US) An elevated railway.
   the Washington Street Elevated
   Mr. Nunheim's home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated. 1934, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 16, in The Thin Man, New York: Knopf
   While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable. 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York