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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raise \Raise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised}; p. pr & vb n. {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of r[=i]sa to rise. See {Rise}, and cf {Rear} to raise.] 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: 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 This gentleman came to be raised to great titles. --Clarendon. The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece. --Sir W. Temple. 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. c To elevate in degree according to some scale; as to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room 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: a To cause to spring up from recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like to awaken; to arouse. They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. --Job xiv. 12. b To rouse to action to stir up to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite. He commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind. --Ps. cvii. 25. [AE]neas . . . employs his pains, In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains. --Dryden. 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 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead ? --Acts xxvi. 8. 3. To cause to arise, grow up or come into being or to appear; to give to to originate, produce, cause effect, or the like Hence specifically: 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. I will raise forts against thee. --Isa. xxxix 3. 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: raise n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: {rise}, {hike}] 2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make the grade" [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}, {elevation}] 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 involves 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: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance" [syn: {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {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; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse}, {elicit}, {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {fire}, {provoke}] 11: create a disturbance, esp. 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 "raise in rank"; assign to a higher position [syn: {promote}, {upgrade}, {advance}, {kick upstairs}, {elevate}] [ant: {demote}] 15: cause to puff up with a leaven; of dough; "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, in poker 18: cause to assemble or enlist; "raise an army" [syn: {conscript}, {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 as of a siege or a blockade; "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}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: RAISE See {RSL}.
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