Definition of raise

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Raise (v. t.) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse..

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Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)..
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Illaudable :: Illaudable (a.) Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation.
Superangelic :: Superaltar (n.) A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it..
Balize :: Balize (n.) A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..
Praiseworthy :: Praiseworthy (a.) Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy..
Mound :: Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll..
Applausable :: Applausable (a.) Worthy of applause; praiseworthy.
Milling :: Milling (n.) The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill..
Woolgrower :: Woolgrower (n.) One who raises sheep for the production of wool.
Commender :: Commender (n.) One who commends or praises.
Question :: Question (v. t.) To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.
Bepraise :: Bepraise (v. t.) To praise greatly or extravagantly.
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc..
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..
Plausible :: Plausible (a.) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
Banquette :: Banquette (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
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