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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Raise \Raise\ (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raised (r[=a]zd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Raising.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa,
     causative of r[=i]sa to rise. See Rise, and cf. Rear to
     raise.]
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     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: 
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        (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.
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                  This gentleman came to be raised to great
                  titles.                           --Clarendon.
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                  The plate pieces of eight were raised three
                  pence in the piece.               --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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        (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.
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        (c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to
            raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature
            of a room.
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     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: 
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        (a) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from
            a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
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                  They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
                  sleep.                            --Job xiv. 12.
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        (b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,
            struggle, or war; to excite.
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                  He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
                                                    --Ps. cvii.
                                                    25.
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                  [AE]neas . . . employs his pains,
                  In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains.
                                                    --Dryden.
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        (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.
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                  Why should it be thought a thing incredible with
                  you, that God should raise the dead ? --Acts
                                                    xxvi. 8.
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     3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to
        appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause,
        effect, or the like. Hence, specifically: 
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        (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.
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                  I will raise forts against thee.  --Isa. xxix.
                                                    3.
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        (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. ``To raise up a rent.''
            --Chaucer.
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        (c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or
            propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops,
            etc.; toraise cattle. ``He raised sheep.'' ``He raised
            wheat where none grew before.'' --Johnson's Dict.
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     Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the
           Southern States, raise is also commonly applied to the
           rearing or bringing up of children.
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                 I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the
                 mountains of the North.            --Paulding.
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        (d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
            come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
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                  I will raise them up a prophet from among their
                  brethren, like unto thee.         --Deut. xviii.
                                                    18.
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                  God vouchsafes to raise another world
                  From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.
                                                    --Milton.
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        (e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
            to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
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                  Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex.
                                                    xxiii. 1.
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        (f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
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                  Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
                                                    --Dryden.
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        (g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
            to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
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     4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
        light and spongy, as bread.
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              Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
                                                    --Spectator.
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     5. (Naut.)
        (a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher
            by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook
            light.
        (b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets,
            i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
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     6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that
        is, to create it. --Burrill.
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     To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up a
        blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces
        employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or
        dispersing them.
  
     To raise a check, note, bill of exchange, etc., to
        increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the
        writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is
        specified.
  
     To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place
        by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be
        relinquished.
  
     To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure.
  
     To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporary
        expedient. [Colloq.]
  
     To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, to cause a great
        disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang]
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     Syn: To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause;
          produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Raising \Rais"ing\ (r[=a]z"[i^]ng), n.
     1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting,
        producing, or restoring to life.
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     2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the
        frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. [U.S.]
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     3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it
        into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering,
        stamping, or spinning.
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     Raising bee, a bee for raising the frame of a building. See
        Bee, n., 2. [U.S.] --W. Irving.
  
     Raising hammer, a hammer with a rounded face, used in
        raising sheet metal.
  
     Raising plate (Carp.), the plate, or longitudinal timber,
        on which a roof is raised and rests.
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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[=i]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.
  
                  [AE]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. ``To raise up a rent.''
            --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. ``He raised sheep.'' ``He raised
            wheat where none grew before.'' --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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  raising
       adj : increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in
             the basic wage rate"
       n 1: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of
            the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the
            land resulting from volcanic activity" [syn: elevation,
             lift]
       2: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were
          treated as a child [syn: rearing, nurture]
       3: raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
          "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
          important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage,
           nurture, rearing, upbringing]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  raising
     Αγγλικά n.
     κουλτούρα, ανατροφή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  raising
     n.
     1 Elevation.
     2 Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a
  living thing from conception to maturity
     3 Recruitment.
     4 Collection or gathering, especially of money.
     5 (lb en US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a
  building.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or
  subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
     7 (lb en linguistics phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or
  consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more
  elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
     8 The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into
  cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
     9 The substance used to make bread rise.
     10 The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en raise nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  raising
     n.
     1 Elevation.
     2 Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a
  living thing from conception to maturity
     3 Recruitment.
     4 Collection or gathering, especially of money.
     5 (lb en US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a
  building.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or
  subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
     7 (lb en linguistics phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or
  consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more
  elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
     8 The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into
  cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
     9 The substance used to make bread rise.
     10 The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en raise nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  raising
     n.
     1 Elevation.
     2 Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a
  living thing from conception to maturity
     3 Recruitment.
     4 Collection or gathering, especially of money.
     5 (lb en US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a
  building.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or
  subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
     7 (lb en linguistics phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or
  consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more
  elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
     8 The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into
  cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
     9 The substance used to make bread rise.
     10 The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en raise nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  raising
     n.
     1 Elevation.
     2 Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a
  living thing from conception to maturity
     3 Recruitment.
     4 Collection or gathering, especially of money.
     5 (lb en US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a
  building.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or
  subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
     7 (lb en linguistics phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or
  consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more
  elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
     8 The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into
  cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
     9 The substance used to make bread rise.
     10 The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
     vb.
     (present participle of en raise nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  raising
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r ais ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  raising
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en raise ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb raise)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Raising /ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/
  الرفع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  raising /ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/ 
  zvedání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  raising /ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/ 
  zvýšení