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Definition of Rake up
1. Verb. Bring to light. "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor"
Definition of Rake up
1. Verb. (idiomatic ambitransitive) to collect (leaves etc.) into a pile by using a rake ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rake Up
Literary usage of Rake up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott (1827)
"... rake up some thread-bare tales, that mouldering l»r la chimney corners, wont
by Christmas fires To read and rock to sleep our ancient sires ? ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Court Convened Under the Third Canon of 1844, in the by Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk (1845)
"... community—that moment was seized upon to rake up against him all these old
transactions, passed and forgotten years ago. But this is a Court of mercy. ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"va 1. to stir (up), disturb ; 2. со/, to resume or repeat reproaches (against
one, for former offences), to rake up (by-gone«). ..."
4. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon (1906)
"rake up occasionally for 5 or 6 hours, till all the copperas be dissolved; if
the vat be of a greenish yellow colour, consider it in good order; ..."
5. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"to endeavour to Sud; col. to rake up (fault», v..-.. i. to rob up (old stories,
Ac.); .... rake up ..."
6. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Enfilade. Rake, vn I. Search, grope, scrape, scratch in order to find. 2. (Nauf.)
Incline from a perpendicular (as a -v.'.ii,-1 rake up» I. Gather together, ..."
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