RAISE

I. verb (~d; raising) see: rear Date: 13th century transitive verb to cause or help to rise to a standing position, 2. awaken , arouse , to stir up ; incite , to flush (game) from cover, to recall from or as if from death, 3. to set upright by lifting or building , to lift up , to place higher in rank or dignity ; elevate , heighten , invigorate , to end or suspend the operation or validity of , to get together for a purpose ; collect , 5. grow , cultivate , to bring to maturity ; rear , to breed and bring (an animal) to maturity, 6. to give rise to ; provoke , to give voice to , to bring up for consideration or debate , 8. to increase the strength, intensity, or pitch of , to increase the degree of, to cause to rise in level or amount , d. to increase the amount of (a poker bet), to bet more than (a previous bettor), e. to make a higher bridge bid in (a partner's suit), to increase the bid of (one's partner), to make light and porous , to cause to ascend , to multiply (a quantity) by itself a specified number of times , to bring in sight on the horizon by approaching , 13. to bring up the nap of (cloth), to cause (as a blister) to form on the skin, to increase the nominal value of fraudulently , to articulate (a sound) with the tongue in a higher position, to establish radio communication with, intransitive verb rise , to increase a bet or bid, see: lift ~r noun II. noun Date: 1538 an act of raising or lifting, a rising stretch of road ; an upward grade ; rise , an increase in amount: as, an increase of a bet or bid, an increase in wages or salary, a vertical or inclined opening or passageway connecting one mine working area with another at a higher level