Definition of raise

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Raise (v. t.) 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..

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Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To raise; to make erect.
Patten :: Patten (n.) A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud..
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power..
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
Celebrator :: Celebrator (n.) One who celebrates; a praiser.
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush..
Bridge :: Bridge (n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument..
Arris :: Arris (n.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column..
Clathrate :: Clathrate (a.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells..
Reyse :: Reyse (v. t.) To raise.
Fish-tackle :: Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
Palilogy :: Palilogy (n.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, The living, the living, he shall praise thee..
Misraise :: Misraise (v. t.) To raise or exite unreasonable.
Glaze :: Glaze (v. t.) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Pump :: Pump (v. t.) To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid..
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Found :: Found (v. i.) To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets..
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