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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Disanchor :: Disanchor (v. t. & i.) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor..
Celebrator :: Celebrator (n.) One who celebrates; a praiser.
Praiseless :: Praiseless (a.) Without praise or approbation.
Los :: Los (n.) Praise. See Loos.
Praiseworthiness :: Praiseworthiness (n.) The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
Build :: Build (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means..
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..
Paneulogism :: Paneulogism (n.) Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise.
Vraisemblance :: Vraisemblance (n.) The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
Build :: Build (v. t.) To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise..
Appraiser :: Appraiser (n.) One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates..
Bud :: Bud (v. t.) To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear..
Pump :: Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump..
Morality :: Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII..
Embossment :: Embossment (n.) The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh..
Bench :: Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
Toll :: Toll (v. i.) To take toll; to raise a tax.
Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate..
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