change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent, contribute to the progress or growth of, To encourage, urge or incite, transitive To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance, To advance (a student) to the next higher grade, To raise to a more important or responsible job or rank, intransitive obsolete To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person