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English Dictionary: raising	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for raising
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raising adj increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate" n the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" Synonym(s): elevation, lift, raising the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child Synonym(s): raising, rearing, nurture helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" Synonym(s): breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raising \Rais"ing\, n. 1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. [U.S.]