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Definition of Raise

1. Noun. The amount a salary is increased. "He got a wage hike"

2. Verb. Raise the level or amount of something. "Raise the price of bread"

3. Noun. An upward slope or grade (as in a road). "The car couldn't make it up the rise"

4. Verb. Raise from a lower to a higher position. "The men raise the chairs"; "Lift a load"

5. Noun. Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker). "I'll see your raise and double it"

6. Verb. Cause to be heard or known; express or utter. "Raise a sad cry"

7. Noun. The act of raising something. "Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

8. Verb. Collect funds for a specific purpose. "They raise the money "; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"

9. Verb. Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. "They raise the animals"; "We raise hogs here"

10. Verb. Bring up. "Bring up children"

11. Verb. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. "Call down the spirits from the mountain"

12. Verb. Move upwards. "Lift one's eyes"

13. Verb. Construct, build, or erect. "Raise a barn"

14. Verb. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). "Evoke sympathy"

15. Verb. Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise. "Raise Cain"

16. Verb. Raise in rank or condition. "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

17. Verb. Increase. "Heighten the tension"

18. Verb. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

19. Verb. Cause to puff up with a leaven. "They raise more bread"; "Unleavened bread"

20. Verb. Bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level.

21. Verb. Bet more than the previous player.

22. Verb. Cause to assemble or enlist in the military. "Recruit new soldiers"

23. Verb. Put forward for consideration or discussion. "Bring up an unpleasant topic"

24. Verb. Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth. "Raise your `o'"

25. Verb. Activate or stir up. "Raise a mutiny"

26. Verb. Establish radio communications with. "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

27. Verb. Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3.

28. Verb. Bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project. "Raised edges"

29. Verb. Invigorate or heighten. "Lift his ego"

30. Verb. Put an end to. "Raise a siege"

31. Verb. Cause to become alive again. "Upraising ghosts"

Definition of Raise

1. v. t. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

Definition of Raise

1. Verb. To cause to rise. ¹

2. Verb. To collect. ¹

3. Verb. To bring up; to grow. ¹

4. Verb. (poker intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. ¹

5. Verb. (legal) To create; to constitute (a ''use'', or a beneficial interest in property). ¹

6. Verb. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute. ¹

7. Verb. (linguistics transitive of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead. ¹

9. Noun. (American English) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (qualifier UK). ¹

10. Noun. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance. ¹

11. Noun. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward. ¹

12. Noun. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Raise

1. to move to a higher position [v RAISED, RAISING, RAISES] : RAISABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Raise

1. 1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight. Hence, figuratively: To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like. "This gentleman came to be raised to great titles." (Clarendon) "The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece." (Sir W. Temple) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace. To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room. 2. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff. Hence: To cause to spring up from recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse. "They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." (Job xiv. 12) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite. "He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind." (Ps. Cvii. 25) "aeneas . . . Employs his pains, In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains." (Dryden) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to. "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead ?" (Acts xxvi. 8) 3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like. Hence, specifically: To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones. "I will raise forts against thee." (Isa. Xxxix. 3) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like. "To raise up a rent." To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle. "He raised sheep." "He raised wheat where none grew before." In some parts of the United States, notably in the Southern States, raise in also commonly applied to the rearing or bringing up of children. "I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the mountains of the North." (Paulding) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; often with up. "I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee." (Deut. Xviii. 18) "God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget." (Milton) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush. "Thou shalt not raise a false report." (Ex. Xxiii. 1) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up. "Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry." (Dryden) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection. 4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread. "Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste." (Spectator) 5. To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light. To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. E, Let go tacks and sheets. 6. To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. To raise a blockade, to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. To raise a check, note, bill of exchange, etc, to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is specified. To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished. To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure. To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporary expedient. To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. Synonym: To lift, exalt, elevate, erect, originate, cause, produce, grow, heighten, aggravate, excite. Origin: OE. Reisen, Icel. Reisa, causative of risa to rise. See Rise, and cf. Rear to raise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raise

rainworm rainworms rainy rainy day rainy days rainy season rainy seasons raion raions raip

raips raird rairds rais raisable raise (current term) raise Cain raise a hand raise a stink raise borer

raise eyebrows raise hell raise one's hand raise someone's consciousness raise someone's hackles raise the bar raise the flag and see who salutes raise the roof raise the spectre raise the stakes

Literary usage of Raise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... and Gratiano both raise hands with rings, and say, "By Heaven!" then cross hands over several times to each other, to make sure. ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"CHAPTER XII Why the 'Americans raise Some Monuments so Insignificant, and Others so Important I HAVE just observed, that in democratic ages monuments of the ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"CHAPTER XII Why the 'Americans raise Some Monuments so Insignificant, and Others so Important T HAVE just observed, that in democratic ages monuments I of ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Charles Edward was forced, much against his will, to raise the siege and retire to the highlands. The duke entered Stirling on 2 Feb. and Perth on the Oth. ..."

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