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raise
I. \ˈrāz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English reisen, raisen, from Old Norse reisa to raise, cause to rise — more at rear
transitive verb
1.
a. : to lift or restore to or set in an erect position : set upright : cause or help to stand
< caught the fallen child's hand and raised her up >
b. archaic : to rouse from bed or from sleep : bestir : waken
c. : to rouse (a game bird or mammal) for a hunter's pursuit : flush
d. : to rouse or incite to action or effort : summon to resist or repel injury : call to war, struggle, or conflict
< raise the countryside at the threat of invasion >
e. : to impart strength, courage, or cheer to (the mind or heart) : encourage, inspirit
f.
(1) : to bring up (as a familiar spirit or the spirit of one departed) from a lower world : evoke or summon from the world of spirits
(2) : to bring back from the dead : restore to life : resurrect
< why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead — Acts 26:8 (Revised Standard Version) >
g. chiefly Scotland : to make (one) angry or excited
2.
a. : to put up (a building) : erect, construct
< those arts which were destined to raise our Gothic cathedrals — G.G.Coulton >
b. obsolete : to draw (a mathematical figure) on a given base
3.
a. archaic : to bring (children) into existence : beget
b. : to give (children) a parent's fostering care : bring up : nurture, rear
c. : to breed and care for (animals) to maturity
< raised dogs as a hobby >
d. : to practice the cultivation of (plants or crops) : grow, produce
< raised great acreages of wheat >
4.
a. : to bring into being : cause to arise or appear
< I will raise up for them a prophet — Deut 18:18 (Revised Standard Version) >
b. : to bring about : stir up : set in motion
< raised a storm over his fancied injustices >
< raised prejudices difficult to dispel >
5.
a. : to utter loudly or vehemently
< raised a hue and cry >
< raised the alarm throughout the district >
< raised the shout of victory >
b. : voice
< he raised a sigh so piteous and profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk — Shakespeare >
c. : to strike up : sing
< raised a song of sheer jubilation >
d. : to make (the voice) heard
< voices were raised widely in opposition >
6.
a. : to promote or advance (one) to some dignity, office, or rank : exalt, honor
< was raised to a baronetcy for his services to the nation — Current Biography >
< was raised to the priesthood — R.J.Purcell >
b. : to elevate the moral or mental state of : uplift
< detected the law of gravitation, and in so doing, raised his power of thought — ours with it — above the mere multitudinousness and opacity of separate things — H.A.Overstreet >
c. : to lift higher : draw up : cause to rise : elevate
< raised a fist to strike >
< raised the flag each morning outside the barracks >
< raised the general standard of living >
7.
a. : to cause the beginning of : touch off : start
< raised a smile even from his friends — Times Literary Supplement >
b. : institute, create, establish
8. : to bring together : collect, gather, levy
< the government raised large sums for highway construction by a tax on gasoline sales >
< the budget … is raised by registration fees, ticket sales, and grants — Hartzell Spence >
< difficult to raise enough money to pay for campaign expenses >
< raised a company of minutemen from his county — E.K.Alden >
9. : to lift (a siege or blockade) by withdrawing the besieging troops or by forcing the besieging troops to withdraw
10. : to cause to ascend (as dust or smoke)
11.
a. : to cause to increase in height, level, bulk, size, amount, or value
< heavy rains raised the river stage >
< raised the price to retailers a cent a gallon >
b. : to make light and spongy (as bread by leavening with yeast) or thicker (as hides by steeping in a fermenting liquor)
c. : to multiply (a quantity) by itself a specified number of times — compare cube, power, square
d. : to lift to a higher degree according to some scale
< raise the temperature >
< raised the instrument's pitch >
e. : to make keener : heighten, intensify, sharpen
< raises ordinary joys to an agonized ecstatic pitch >
f. : to make hotter, brighter, or faster
< raise the metal to white heat >
< raised his pulse to a drumbeat >
g. : to bring up the nap of (cloth) with teasels or wire cards
12.
a. : to come in view of : sight
< they raised the islands after two hours of hard running — Arthur Mayse >
b. : to cause (an object) to appear above the horizon or to seem to grow higher by coming nearer at sea — compare lay, settle
13. obsolete : obtain, win
14. : to bring up for consideration : introduce into discussion : offer as an objection, a problem, or a significant point
< all these new views of the world raised problems for scholars as well as statesmen — R.W.Southern >
< raises the moral question — E.M.Woolf >
< raises the issue of the failure to distinguish between normal and abnormal — Abram Kardiner >
15. : to cause to come up (as mucus from the lungs or gas from the stomach)
16. : to add fraudulently to the face value of (a bank check or other negotiable paper) by altering the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is shown
17.
a.
(1) : to increase (a poker bet or pot) by a specified amount
(2) : to bet more than (a previous bettor) — compare call
b. : to make a higher bridge bid in (a partner's suit)
18. : to move (a curling stone) ahead in the line of direction by a hit from behind with another stone
19. : to form (hollow ware) from a flat sheet of metal by alternately hammering and annealing
20.
a. : to elevate (a part of the tongue) closer to the palate in uttering a vowel
b. : to utter (a vowel) with the tongue in a higher position
21. : to establish radio communication with : elicit a response from (a station being called)
< next time you raise the ship, tell them I'm on my way — K.M.Dodson >
intransitive verb
1. dialect : rise, arise
2.
a. : to make a poker bet that increases the stake
b. : to make a higher bridge bid in a partner's suit
3. : to drive a raise in a mine
Synonyms: see build, lift
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an act or method of raising : a lifting up : elevation
< firemen are taught raises of several kinds to get their ladders up >
2. : a rising stretch of road : an upward grade : rise
3. : an increase in amount
< opposed the administration's request for a raise in the national debt limit — New Republic >
as
a. : an increase in wages or salary
< braced the boss for a raise >
b.
(1) : the act of increasing a bet
(2) : the amount of such increase
4. : a vertical or inclined opening or passageway driven to connect one mine working place with another at a higher level — called also rise, riser
5. : the spinning of a curling stone toward a target circle
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rase, from Old English rās
dialect England : cairn, mound — used especially in place names |