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Definition of Raised

1. Adjective. Located or moved above the surround or above the normal position. "Raised eyebrows"

2. Adjective. Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery. "Raised metalwork"

3. Adjective. Increased in amount or degree. "Raised temperature"

Definition of Raised

1. a. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work.

Definition of Raised

1. Verb. (past of raise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Raised

1. raise [v] - See also: raise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raised

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 raise unshirted hell raise up raiseable raised (current term) raised(a) raised by wolves raised doughnut raised in a barn

raised point raised points raiser raisers raises raiseth raisin raisin-nut cookie raisin bran raisin bread

Literary usage of Raised

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

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1849)
"Words, I should think, sufficient to deter us from determining any thing for or against the same body's being raised at the last day. ..."

2. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1838)
"I grant other dead, as certainly raised as Christ was; ... But I do not see how it follows, that they shall be raised with the same body, as Christ was ..."

3. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1823)
"your lordship will argue from other bodies being raised as his was, That they must ke-p proportion with his hi lameness ; then we must believe, ..."

4. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1902)
"has been raised. The difficulty of finding a market for the complex ore has retarded progress on this mine. The company is about to sink a shaft from 50 to ..."

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