Definitions for the word "raise" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. t.
To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. t.
To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. t.
To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. v. t.
To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v. t.
To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. v. t.
To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. v. t.
To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
21. v.
(-sing) 1 put or take into a higher position. 2 (often foll. By up) cause to rise or stand up or be vertical. 3 increase the amount, value, or strength of. 4 (often foll. By up) construct or build up. 5 levy, collect, or bring together (raise money). 6 cause to be heard or considered (raise an objection). 7 set going or bring into being (raise hopes). 8 bring up, educate. 9 breed, grow. 10 promote to a higher rank. 11 (foll. By to) multiply a quantity to a power. 12 cause (bread) to rise. 13 cards bet more than (another player). 14 end (a siege etc.). 15 remove (a barrier etc.). 16 cause (a ghost etc.) To appear. 17 colloq. Get hold of, find. 18 rouse from sleep or death, or from a lair. n. 1 cards increase in a stake or bid. 2 esp. Us increase in salary. raise cain colloq. = raise the roof. Raise one''s eyebrows see *eyebrow. Raise from the dead restore to life. Raise a laugh cause others to laugh. Raise the roof be very angry; cause an uproar. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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