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

raised \raised\ r=azd, a.
   1. lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or
      embossed metal work.
      1913 webster

   2. leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread,
      cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of
      tartar, soda, etc. see raise, v. t., 4.
      1913 webster

   raised beach. see under beach, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
raise raised beach beach 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

raised
     adj 1: above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised
            design"; "raised eyebrows" ant: lowered
     2: embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or
        embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin";
        "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised
        metalwork" syn: brocaded, embossed
     3: leavened usually with yeast; "raised bread"
     4: increased especially to abnormal levels; "the raised prices
        frightened away customers"; "inflated wages"; "an inflated
        economy" syn: raiseda, inflated
see also:
lowered brocaded embossed raiseda inflated 

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

112 moby thesaurus words for "raised":
   accelerated, aggrandized, ampliate, amplified, assembled,
   augmented, beefed-up, bloated, bold, boosted, bossed, bossy,
   broadened, brought about, built, built-up, cast, caused, chased,
   constructed, crafted, created, crescendoed, custom, custom-built,
   custom-made, deepened, done, effectuated, elevated, embossed,
   enhanced, enlarged, erect, exalted, executed, expanded, extended,
   extracted, fabricated, fashioned, forged, formed, gathered, grown,
   handcrafted, handmade, harvested, heightened, high, hiked,
   homemade, homespun, in relief, increased, inflated, intensified,
   jazzed up, lifted, lofty, machine-made, machined, made,
   made to order, magnified, man-made, manufactured, mass-produced,
   milled, mined, molded, multiplied, on stilts, performed, prefab,
   prefabricated, processed, produced, proliferated, put together,
   rampant, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared,
   ready-to-wear, refined, reinforced, shaped, smelted, spread,
   stand-up, stiffened, stilted, straight-up, strengthened, sublime,
   swollen, tightened, upcast, upflung, uplifted, upped, upraised,
   upreared, upright, upstanding, upthrown, well-built,
   well-constructed, well-made, widened

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