| Raise (raise) |
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| Raise |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Raised (r&amacr]zd); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Raising.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa,
causative of r&imacr]sa to rise. See Rise, and cf.
Rear to raise.]< |
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.
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.
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.
To cause to rise, as by the effect of
leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
To cause
(the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it;
as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
To create or constitute; as,
to raise a use, that is, to create it.
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