[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

raise \raise\ r=az, v. t. imp.  p. p. raised r=azd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. raising. oe. reisen, icel. reisa,
   causative of rimacsa to rise. see rise, and cf. rear to
   raise.
   1913 webster
   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: 
      1913 webster
      a 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.
          1913 webster

                this gentleman came to be raised to great
                titles.                           --clarendon.
          1913 webster

                the plate pieces of eight were raised three
                pence in the piece.               --sir w.
                                                  temple.
          1913 webster
      b 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.
          1913 webster
      c to elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to
          raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature
          of a room.
          1913 webster

   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: 
      1913 webster
      a to cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from
          a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
          1913 webster

                they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
                sleep.                            --job xiv. 12.
          1913 webster
      b to rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,
          struggle, or war; to excite.
          1913 webster

                he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
                                                  --ps. cvii.
                                                  25.
          1913 webster

                aeneas . . . employs his pains,
                in parts remote, to raise the tuscan swains.
                                                  --dryden.
          1913 webster
      c 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.
          1913 webster

                why should it be thought a thing incredible with
                you, that god should raise the dead ? --acts
                                                  xxvi. 8.
          1913 webster

   3. to cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to
      appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause,
      effect, or the like. hence, specifically: 
      1913 webster
      a 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.
          1913 webster

                i will raise forts against thee.  --isa. xxix.
                                                  3.
          1913 webster
      b 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."
          --chaucer.
          1913 webster
      c 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." --johnson's dict.
          1913 webster

   note: in some parts of the united states, notably in the
         southern states, raise is also commonly applied to the
         rearing or bringing up of children.
         1913 webster

               i was raised, as they say in virginia, among the
               mountains of the north.            --paulding.
         1913 webster
      d to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
          come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
          1913 webster

                i will raise them up a prophet from among their
                brethren, like unto thee.         --deut. xviii.
                                                  18.
          1913 webster

                god vouchsafes to raise another world
                from him noah, and all his anger to forget.
                                                  --milton.
          1913 webster
      e to give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
          to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
          1913 webster

                thou shalt not raise a false report. --ex.
                                                  xxiii. 1.
          1913 webster
      f to give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
          1913 webster

                soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
                                                  --dryden.
          1913 webster
      g to bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
          to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
          1913 webster

   4. to cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
      light and spongy, as bread.
      1913 webster

            miss liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
                                                  --spectator.
      1913 webster

   5. naut.
      a to cause the land or any other object to seem higher
          by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise sandy hook
          light.
      b to let go; as in the command, raise tacks and sheets,
          i. e., let go tacks and sheets.
          1913 webster

   6. law to create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that
      is, to create it. --burrill.
      1913 webster

   to raise a blockade mil., 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. colloq.

   to raise cain, or to raise the devil, to cause a great
      disturbance; to make great trouble. slang
      1913 webster

   syn: to lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause;
        produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.
        1913 webster
see also:
raised raising rise rear to raise a blockade to raise a check 
note bill of exchange to raise a siege to raise steam to raise the wind 
to raise cain to raise the devil 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

raise
     n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3 raise"; "he
          got a wage hike" syn: rise, wage hike, hike, wage
          increase, salary increase
     2: an upward slope or grade as in a road; "the car couldn't
        make it up the rise" syn: ascent, acclivity, rise,
        climb, upgrade ant: descent
     3: increasing the size of a bet as in poker; "i'll see your
        raise and double it"
     4: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of
        his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for
        getting ladders up" syn: lift, heave
     v 1: raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary";
          "raise the price of bread"
     2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "raise your hands";
        "lift a load" syn: lift, elevate, get up, bring up
        ant: lower
     3: cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a
        shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
     4: collect funds for a specific purpose; "the president raised
        several million dollars for his college"
     5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means
        of agricultural techniques; "the bordeaux region produces
        great red wines"; "they produce good ham in parma"; "we
        grow wheat here"; "we raise hogs here" syn: grow, farm,
         produce
     6: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" syn: rear,
         bring up, nurture, parent
     7: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
        specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
        air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
        the mountain" syn: conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke,
         stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward,
         call forth
     8: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" syn: lift
     9: construct, build, or erect; "raise a barn" syn: erect, rear,
         set up, put up ant: level
     10: call forth emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse
         pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" syn: arouse,
         elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke
     11: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise;
         "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise cain"
     12: raise in rank or condition; "the new law lifted many people
         from poverty" syn: lift, elevate
     13: increase; "this will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the
         tension" syn: enhance, heighten
     14: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "john
         was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "women
         tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "i got
         promoted after many years of hard work" syn: promote,
         upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, elevate ant: demote
     15: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" syn: leaven,
          prove
     16: in bridge: bid one's partner's suit at a higher level
     17: bet more than the previous player
     18: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an
         army"; "recruit new soldiers" syn: recruit, levy
     19: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the
         question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
         syn: bring up
     20: pronounce vowels by bringing the tongue closer to the roof
         of the mouth; "raise your `o'"
     21: activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny"
     22: establish radio communications with; "they managed to raise
         hanoi last night"
     23: multiply a number by itself a specified number of times: 8
         is 2 raised to the power 3
     24: bring a surface, a design, etc. into relief and cause to
         project; "raised edges"
     25: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
         syn: lift
     26: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" syn: lift
     27: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "slavery
         is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "upraising
         ghosts" syn: resurrect, upraise
see also:
rise wage hike hike wage increase salary increase ascent 
acclivity climb upgrade descent lift 
heave elevate get up bring up lower 
grow farm produce rear nurture 
parent conjure conjure up invoke evoke 
stir call down arouse put forward call forth 
erect set up put up level elicit 
enkindle kindle fire provoke enhance 
heighten promote advance kick upstairs demote 
leaven prove recruit levy resurrect 
upraise 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

517 moby thesaurus words for "raise":
   olympian heights, abandon, abet, access, accession, accretion,
   accrual, accruement, acculturate, accumulate, accumulation, acme,
   add to, addition, advance, advancement, aerial heights,
   agglomerate, aggrandize, aggrandizement, aggregate, aggroup, amass,
   ameliorate, amend, amplification, amplify, animate, answer, apex,
   apotheose, apotheosize, appreciation, apprentice, approach, arouse,
   articulate, ascent, assemble, augment, augmentation, awaken,
   ballooning, batch, beatify, better, bloat, bloating, blow up, boom,
   boost, boss, break, break in, breathe, breed, bring about,
   bring forward, bring together, bring up, broach, broaden,
   broadening, build, build up, buildup, bulk, bulk out, bunch,
   bunch together, bunch up, buoy, buoy up, call, call up,
   call up spirits, canonize, carve, cast, cast up, cause, chase,
   cheer up, chime, chisel, chorus, christen, civilize, clump,
   cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, come out with,
   commandeer, communicate, communicate with, compare, compile,
   compose, compound, concoct, condition, conglomerate, conjure,
   conjure up, conjure up spirits, conscript, construct, contact,
   convene, convert, convey, corral, correspond, create, crescendo,
   crop, crown, cultivate, culture, cumulate, deify, deliver, detach,
   detach for service, develop, development, devise, dig up, dilate,
   discipline, disclose, discontinue, distend, dizzy heights, draft,
   draw together, dredge up, drill, drive together, dryfarm, edema,
   edify, educate, elaborate, elate, elevate, elevation, eliminate,
   emboss, emend, eminence, emit, encourage, engender, enhance,
   enlarge, enlargement, enlighten, enlist, ennoble, ennoblement,
   enrich, enroll, enshrine, enthrone, enunciate, erect, escalate,
   establish, establish connection, ether, evoke, evolve, exalt,
   exaltation, exercise, exhilarate, expand, expansion, express,
   extend, extension, extract, extrude, fabricate, farm, fashion,
   father, fatten, favor, feed, ferment, fetch up, fill out, fit,
   fling off, float, flood, foment, form, formulate, forward, foster,
   found, frame, fudge together, gain, garden, gather, gather in,
   gather together, get, get in, get to, get together, get up, give,
   give expression, give out with, give rise to, give tongue,
   give utterance, give voice, glamorize, glorify, go straight,
   graduate, graduation, greatening, groom, group, grow, growth, gush,
   harvest, hatch, haul up, heave, heaven, heavens, heft, height,
   heighten, heights, heist, hike, hike up, hoick, hoist, hold up,
   house-train, housebreak, huff, immortalize, impart, impress,
   improve, improve upon, inaugurate, increase, increment, indite,
   induct, inflate, inflation, initiate, inspire, install, instigate,
   institute, interrogate, introduce, invigorate, invoke, jack up,
   jerk up, join, jump, jump up, juxtapose, keep, kick upstairs,
   knight, knighting, knock up, lard, launch, leap, leaven, lengthen,
   let out, levitate, levy, lick into shape, lift, lift up, lionize,
   lip, list, lob, loft, lump together, machine, magnify,
   maintain connection, make, make advances, make an improvement,
   make contact with, make legendary, make overtures, make up,
   make up to, manufacture, mass, match, mature, maximize, meliorate,
   mend, mention, mill, mine, mobilize, mold, moot, mother, mounting,
   multiplication, muster, muster in, nurse, nurture, obtain,
   occasion, open, originate, out with, pair, parent, parlay, partner,
   pass, passing, patch together, pay raise, perk up, phonate, phrase,
   pick up, piece together, pique, pitch, plant, pour forth, practice,
   prefabricate, prefer, preferment, prepare, present, press, process,
   produce, productiveness, proliferation, promote, promotion, prompt,
   pronounce, propagate, provoke, puff, puff up, pull together,
   pull up, pump, pump up, put forth, put forward, put in motion,
   put in tune, put in words, put to school, put together, put up,
   pyramid, question, quicken, raise aloft, raise ghosts, raise up,
   rake up, rally, ranch, rarefy, reach, ready, rear, rear aloft,
   rear up, recruit, refine, refine upon, reform, rehearse, relate to,
   relieve, remove, reply to, respond to, ridge, ring in, rise,
   rising ground, round up, rouse, run, run up, saint, sanctify, say,
   scrape together, send to school, set, set agoing, set astir,
   set forth, set in motion, set on foot, set up, shape, sharecrop,
   shout, sign on, sign up, sky, smelt, snowballing, socialize,
   solicit, sound, spread, stand upright, start going, start up,
   steep, stick up, stimulate, stir, stir up, straighten out,
   stratosphere, stretch, sufflate, suggest, summon, summon spirits,
   surge, swell, swelling, take in hand, take up, tell, terminate,
   thicken, throne, throw off, throw up, train, transfigure,
   transform, tumescence, turn on, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upgrade,
   upgrading, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upping, upraise,
   uprear, upright, uprise, upsurge, upswing, upthrow, uptrend,
   upturn, usher in, utter, vantage ground, vantage point, verbalize,
   vitalize, vivify, vocalize, voice, wake up, waken, waxing, whip in,
   whisper, whomp up, widen, widening, word, write, zenith

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

raise
     
        see rsl.
     
     
see also:
rsl 

Raise >> R Words
Raise, definition of term: Raise
raise_pag1.html

Official Raise Your Voice Movie & Trailer Site: Hilary Duff Fly Lyrics, Pictures...
...Official Raise Your Voice Movie & Trailer Site! Starring Hilary Duff ... ..
http://www.raiseyourvoicemovie.com/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 9:57 am

The RAISE home page
...All RAISE publications and documents can be found at the Documents ... Visit the SIPSE site at http://www.raise-networks.org.uk/sipse/ (link ... ..
http://www.raise-networks.org.uk/, score=98, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 11:20 am

Raise The Fist!
...The Successful benefit concert for Sherman Austin of Raise the Fist at ... Raise the Fist, and raisethefist.com website exists in the interest of ... ..
http://www.raisethefist.com/index1.html, score=97, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 1:29 am

Raise Your Voice - Student Action for Change
...Raise Your Voice is also focused on embedding student-community work ... Students from across the country and Raise Your Voice staff gather in ... ..
http://www.actionforchange.org/, score=97, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:33 pm

ALA | Born to Read
...Born to Read:. How to Raise a Reader. Association for Library Service ... the following Web sites for further information about how to raise a ... ..
http://www.ala.org/alsc/raise_a_reader.html, score=97, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 10:36 am

Raise a Reader | canada.com
...... leading up to CanWest Raise-Reader Day. This year, CanWest Raise-a- ... from each sale is donated to Raise-a-Reader as well as CanWest Raise-a- ... ..
http://www.raise-a-reader.com/, score=97, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 4:46 am

Raise.org web site...
... ..
http://www.raise.org/, score=95, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:58 pm

The Raise The Floor project promotes wages and policies that work so we can all ...
...Strong Majority of Americans Say Raise Minimum Wage to $8 and Agree ... RAISE THE FLOOR: Wages And Policies That Work For All Of Us By Holly ... ..
http://www.raisethefloor.org/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:58 am

Free Credit Repair - Self Help
...Raise your credit score yourself using our FREE exlcusive Self Credit ... formula of elements that will drastically raise your credit FICO® ... ..
http://www.creditscorestore.com/, score=94, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 9:52 pm

Page 1 2 Next