[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That exalts (in various senses of vb.).
1665. Boyle, Occas. Refl., I. ii. (1675), 79. The exalting Efficacy of this kind of Distillation.
1844. Emerson, New Eng. Reformers, Wks. (Bohn), I. 261. I find nothing healthful or exalting in the smooth conventions of society.
1859. Gullick & Timbs, Paint., 202. The peculiar exalting effect of varnishes upon colours.
Hence Exaltingly adv. rare.
1855. Chamb. Jrnl., IV. 222/1. The expression of the soul’s glory that shone through them [her features] so exaltingly.
