Definition of raise

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Raise (v. t.) To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones..

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Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Raised :: Raised (a.) Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4..
Upbear :: Upbear (v. t.) To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.
Appraisal :: Appraisal (n.) A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.
Unbed :: Unbed (v. t.) To raise or rouse from bed.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water..
Eulogize :: Eulogize (v. t.) To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
Lugsail :: Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.
Bed :: Bed (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground..
Bobbery :: Bobbery (n.) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery..
Vertically :: Vertically (adv.) In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically..
Psalm :: Psalm (v. t.) To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises..
Resurrectionize :: Resurrectionize (v. t.) To raise from the dead.
Blister :: Blister (n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister..
Upraise :: Upraise (v. t.) To raise; to lift up.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece..
Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..
Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle..
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level..
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