Elevating ppl. a.

[f. ELEVATE v. + -ING².] That elevates; chiefly fig.

1817.  Coleridge, To a Lady. The elevating thought of suffered pains.

1853.  Robertson, Serm., Ser. IV. xvii. (1876), 229. The elevating power of faith.

1875.  Hamerton, Intell. Life, I. iv. 24. Elevating influences of literature.