[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.
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   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: 
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      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.
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                this gentleman came to be raised to great
                titles.                           --clarendon.
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                the plate pieces of eight were raised three
                pence in the piece.               --sir w.
                                                  temple.
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      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.
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      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.
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                they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
                sleep.                            --job xiv. 12.
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      b to rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,
          struggle, or war; to excite.
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                he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
                                                  --ps. cvii.
                                                  25.
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                aeneas . . . employs his pains,
                in parts remote, to raise the tuscan swains.
                                                  --dryden.
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      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.
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                why should it be thought a thing incredible with
                you, that god should raise the dead ? --acts
                                                  xxvi. 8.
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   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: 
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      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.
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                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.
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      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.
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   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.
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               i was raised, as they say in virginia, among the
               mountains of the north.            --paulding.
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      d to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
          come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
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                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.
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      e to give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
          to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
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                thou shalt not raise a false report. --ex.
                                                  xxiii. 1.
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      f to give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
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                soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
                                                  --dryden.
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      g to bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
          to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
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   4. to cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
      light and spongy, as bread.
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            miss liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
                                                  --spectator.
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   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.
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   6. law to create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that
      is, to create it. --burrill.
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   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
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   syn: to lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause;
        produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.
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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 

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