Definition of raise

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Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread..

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Bull :: Bull (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4..
Appreciate :: Appreciate (v. t.) To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.
Nap :: Nap (v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on..
Suspiral :: Suspicious (a.) Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine..
Fume :: Fume (v. t.) To praise inordinately; to flatter.
Applaud :: Applaud (v. t.) To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
Drawbridge :: Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal..
Kite :: Kite (v. i.) To raise money by kites; as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6..
Praisement :: Praisement (n.) Appraisement.
Braise :: Braise (n.) Alt. of Braiz.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C..
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..
Earthbag :: Earthbag (n.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet..
Underpraise :: Underpraise (v. t.) To praise below desert.
Glaze :: Glaze (v. t.) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes..
Stilty :: Stiltify (v. t.) To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years..
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
Braise :: Braise (n.) Alt. of Braiz.
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