I. ˈrāz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English reisen, raisen, from Old Norse reisa to raise, cause to rise — more at rear
transitive verb
1.
a. : to lift or restore to or set in an erect position : set upright : cause or help to stand
caught the fallen child's hand and raised her up
b. archaic : to rouse from bed or from sleep : bestir : waken
c. : to rouse (a game bird or mammal) for a hunter's pursuit : flush
d. : to rouse or incite to action or effort : summon to resist or repel injury : call to war, struggle, or conflict
raise the countryside at the threat of invasion
e. : to impart strength, courage, or cheer to (the mind or heart) : encourage , inspirit
f.
(1) : to bring up (as a familiar spirit or the spirit of one departed) from a lower world : evoke or summon from the world of spirits
(2) : to bring back from the dead : restore to life : resurrect
why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead — Acts 26:8 (Revised Standard Version)
g. chiefly Scotland : to make (one) angry or excited
2.
a. : to put up (a building) : erect , construct
those arts which were destined to raise our Gothic cathedrals — G.G.Coulton
b. obsolete : to draw (a mathematical figure) on a given base
3.
a. archaic : to bring (children) into existence : beget
b. : to give (children) a parent's fostering care : bring up : nurture , rear
c. : to breed and care for (animals) to maturity
raised dogs as a hobby
d. : to practice the cultivation of (plants or crops) : grow , produce
raised great acreages of wheat
4.
a. : to bring into being : cause to arise or appear
I will raise up for them a prophet — Deut 18:18 (Revised Standard Version)
b. : to bring about : stir up : set in motion
raised a storm over his fancied injustices
raised prejudices difficult to dispel
5.
a. : to utter loudly or vehemently
raised a hue and cry
raised the alarm throughout the district
raised the shout of victory
b. : voice
he raised a sigh so piteous and profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk — Shakespeare
c. : to strike up : sing
raised a song of sheer jubilation
d. : to make (the voice) heard
voices were raised widely in opposition
6.
a. : to promote or advance (one) to some dignity, office, or rank : exalt , honor
was raised to a baronetcy for his services to the nation — Current Biography
was raised to the priesthood — R.J.Purcell
b. : to elevate the moral or mental state of : uplift
detected the law of gravitation, and in so doing, raised his power of thought — ours with it — above the mere multitudinousness and opacity of separate things — H.A.Overstreet
c. : to lift higher : draw up : cause to rise : elevate
raised a fist to strike
raised the flag each morning outside the barracks
raised the general standard of living
7.
a. : to cause the beginning of : touch off : start
raised a smile even from his friends — Times Literary Supplement
b. : institute , create , establish
8. : to bring together : collect , gather , levy
the government raised large sums for highway construction by a tax on gasoline sales
the budget … is raised by registration fees, ticket sales, and grants — Hartzell Spence
difficult to raise enough money to pay for campaign expenses
raised a company of minutemen from his county — E.K.Alden
9. : to lift (a siege or blockade) by withdrawing the besieging troops or by forcing the besieging troops to withdraw
10. : to cause to ascend (as dust or smoke)
11.
a. : to cause to increase in height, level, bulk, size, amount, or value
heavy rains raised the river stage
raised the price to retailers a cent a gallon
b. : to make light and spongy (as bread by leavening with yeast) or thicker (as hides by steeping in a fermenting liquor)
c. : to multiply (a quantity) by itself a specified number of times — compare cube , power , square
d. : to lift to a higher degree according to some scale
raise the temperature
raised the instrument's pitch
e. : to make keener : heighten , intensify , sharpen
raises ordinary joys to an agonized ecstatic pitch
f. : to make hotter, brighter, or faster
raise the metal to white heat
raised his pulse to a drumbeat
g. : to bring up the nap of (cloth) with teasels or wire cards
12.
a. : to come in view of : sight
they raised the islands after two hours of hard running — Arthur Mayse
b. : to cause (an object) to appear above the horizon or to seem to grow higher by coming nearer at sea — compare lay , settle
13. obsolete : obtain , win
14. : to bring up for consideration : introduce into discussion : offer as an objection, a problem, or a significant point
all these new views of the world raised problems for scholars as well as statesmen — R.W.Southern
raises the moral question — E.M.Woolf
raises the issue of the failure to distinguish between normal and abnormal — Abram Kardiner
15. : to cause to come up (as mucus from the lungs or gas from the stomach)
16. : to add fraudulently to the face value of (a bank check or other negotiable paper) by altering the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is shown
17.
a.
(1) : to increase (a poker bet or pot) by a specified amount
(2) : to bet more than (a previous bettor) — compare call
b. : to make a higher bridge bid in (a partner's suit)
18. : to move (a curling stone) ahead in the line of direction by a hit from behind with another stone
19. : to form (hollow ware) from a flat sheet of metal by alternately hammering and annealing
20.
a. : to elevate (a part of the tongue) closer to the palate in uttering a vowel
b. : to utter (a vowel) with the tongue in a higher position
21. : to establish radio communication with : elicit a response from (a station being called)
next time you raise the ship, tell them I'm on my way — K.M.Dodson
intransitive verb
1. dialect : rise , arise
2.
a. : to make a poker bet that increases the stake
b. : to make a higher bridge bid in a partner's suit
3. : to drive a raise in a mine
Synonyms: see build , lift
II. noun
( -s )
1. : an act or method of raising : a lifting up : elevation
firemen are taught raises of several kinds to get their ladders up
2. : a rising stretch of road : an upward grade : rise
3. : an increase in amount
opposed the administration's request for a raise in the national debt limit — New Republic
as
a. : an increase in wages or salary
braced the boss for a raise
b.
(1) : the act of increasing a bet
(2) : the amount of such increase
4. : a vertical or inclined opening or passageway driven to connect one mine working place with another at a higher level — called also rise, riser
5. : the spinning of a curling stone toward a target circle
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rase, from Old English rās
dialect England : cairn , mound — used especially in place names