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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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..
Pumpage :: Pumpage (n.) That which is raised by pumps, or the work done by pumps..
Atilt :: Atilt (adv.) In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.].
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course..
Mountant :: Mountant (a.) Raised; high.
Consummate :: Consummate (v. t. ) To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
Panegyrize :: Panegyrize (v. t.) To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.
Expert :: Expert (n.) A sworn appraiser.
Pistil :: Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..
Encomiastical :: Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse..
Appraise :: Appraise (v. t.) To estimate; to conjecture.
Build :: Build (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means..
Deify :: Deify (v. t.) To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money..
Vauntmure :: Vauntmure (n.) A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.
Elegit :: Elegit (n.) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired..
Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..
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.
Uncharnel :: Uncharnel (v. t.) To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume.
Rancho :: Rancho (n.) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation..
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