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Definition of raise

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Raise (v. t.) 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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Elevate :: Elevate (a.) Elevated; raised aloft.

Passant :: Passant (v. i.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised..

Woolgrower :: Woolgrower (n.) One who raises sheep for the production of wool.

Anacreontic :: Anacreontic (n.) A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Apprize :: Apprize (v. t.) To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

Praiseer :: Praiseer (n.) An appraiser; a valuator.

Windlass :: Windlass (v. t. & i.) To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass..

Eulogical :: Eulogical (a.) Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic.

Rasp :: Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file..

Praiseless :: Praiseless (a.) Without praise or approbation.

Wig :: Wig (n.) A kind of raised seedcake.

Panegyrize :: Panegyrize (v. t.) To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.

Crane :: Crane (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up..

Applausable :: Applausable (a.) Worthy of applause; praiseworthy.

Braize :: Braize (n.) See Braise.

Danegelt :: Danegelt (n.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm..

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Wall :: Wall (n.) A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room..

Braise :: Braise (n.) Alt. of Braiz.

Kite :: Kite (v. i.) To raise money by kites; as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6..