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English Dictionary: raise	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for raise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raise n the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" Synonym(s): raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" Synonym(s): ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade Antonym(s): declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it" the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" Synonym(s): lift, raise, heave v raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" Synonym(s): raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up Antonym(s): bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" Synonym(s): grow, raise, farm, produce bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" Synonym(s): rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" Synonym(s): raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth move upwards; "lift one's eyes" Synonym(s): lift, raise construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" Synonym(s): raise, erect, rear, set up, put up Antonym(s): dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" Synonym(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" Synonym(s): lift, raise, elevate increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" Synonym(s): enhance, heighten, raise give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" Synonym(s): promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate Antonym(s): break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" Synonym(s): raise, leaven, prove bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level bet more than the previous player cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" Synonym(s): recruit, levy, raise put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" Synonym(s): raise, bring up pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'" activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny" establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges" invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" Synonym(s): raise, lift put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" Synonym(s): lift, raise cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" Synonym(s): resurrect, raise, upraise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raise \Raise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of r[c6]sa to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Rear} to raise.] 1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight. Hence, figuratively: (a) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like. This gentleman came to be raised to great titles. --Clarendon. The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece. --Sir W. Temple. (b) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace. (c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room. 2. 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. Hence: (a) To cause to spring up from recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse. They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. --Job xiv. 12. (b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite. He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind. --Ps. cvii. 25. [92]neas . . . employs his pains, In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains. --Dryden. (c) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead ? --Acts xxvi. 8. 3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like. Hence, specifically: (a) 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. I will raise forts against thee. --Isa. xxxix. 3. (b) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like. [bd]To raise up a rent.[b8] --Chaucer. (c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle. [bd]He raised sheep.[b8] [bd]He raised wheat where none grew before.[b8] --Johnson's Dict.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RAISE See {RSL}.