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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 ]


  Raised \Raised\ (r[=a]zd), a.
     1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or
        embossed metal work.
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     2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread,
        cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of
        tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4.
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     Raised beach. See under Beach, n.
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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 ]


  Raised \Raised\, a.
     1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or
        embossed metal work.
  
     2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread,
        cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of
        tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4.
  
     Raised beach. See under Beach, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  raised
       adj 1: above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised
              design"; "raised eyebrows" [ant: lowered]
       2: embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or
          embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin";
          "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised
          metalwork" [syn: brocaded, embossed]
       3: leavened usually with yeast; "raised bread"
       4: increased especially to abnormal levels; "the raised prices
          frightened away customers"; "inflated wages"; "an inflated
          economy" [syn: raised(a), inflated]

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


  raised
     a.
     Embossed, in relief.
     vb.
     (infl of en raise  ed-form)

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


  raised
     a.
     Embossed, in relief.
     vb.
     (infl of en raise  ed-form)

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


  raised
     a.
     Embossed, in relief.
     vb.
     (infl of en raise  ed-form)

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


  raised
     a.
     Embossed, in relief.
     vb.
     (infl of en raise  ed-form)

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


  raised
     Englanti a.
     1 kohotettu
     2 kohollaan oleva

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


  raised
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en raise ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb raise)

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


  Raised /ɹˈeɪzd/
  مرفوع

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


  raised /ɹˈeɪzd/ 
  zvednutý

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


  raised /ɹˈeɪzd/ 
  zvýšil

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


  raised /ɹˈeɪzd/ 
  zvýšený

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


  raised /ɹˈeɪzd/ 
  pozvednutý

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


  raised /ɹˈeɪzd/ 
  vyvýšený