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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. xiii. 45 The Lord reyside a spirit of a ȝungir chijld, whose name Danyel.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Esdras i. 5 Ech man whos spirit God reiside [a1382 E.V. rerede; L. suscitavit] for to stie to bilde the temple of the Lord.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 63 He..saw thys adventure whereoff hit reysed his herte, and wolde assayde as othir knyghtes ded.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. dd.ii The prophete..wyllynge to excyte and reyse vp the myndes of synners.

1578 Compend. Bk. Godlie Psalmes (new ed.) 195 I will speik planelie, to rais ȝour hartis quiklie.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee2 It doth raise and erect the Minde. View more context for this quotation

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xlvi. 146 Much after this manner did this faithful Servant of Christ raise up his thoughts and quicken his soule.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 274 His Spirits being a little rais'd, with the Dram I had given him, he was very chearful.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 203 To move, to raise, to ravish ev'ry heart, With Shakespear's nature, or with Johnson's art.

1778 J. Wedgwood Let. 3 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 218 Nothing but half a score Highland, Manchestrian, and Liverpool regiments amongst us will raise their malignant spirits again.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xii. 103 To which condolences Miss Squeers added others equally calculated to raise her friend's spirits.

1894 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 7 307 Four centuries of oppression have not tended to raise the spirits of the poor Quichuan.

1938 M. Armstrong Fanny Kemble vi. 58 Her..costume of white satin, point lace and pearls raised her spirits to rapture.

a1971 S. Smith Coll. Poems (1975) 422 Remembering this, that there was still some uncertainty, Raised my spirits.

1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xiv. 272 I saw it as part of my job to raise the players' spirits.