Word: raise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪz/ 1. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical Example: to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself Example: the flag was raised 2. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical Example: to raise a wall, or a heap of stones Example: I will raise forts against thee. 3. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical Example: The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk. 4. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical Example: to raise Sandy Hook light 5. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical 6. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: figuratively, physical Example: The magic spell raised the dead from their graves! 7. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical 8. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical, transitive 9. To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. Labels: physical, transitive 10. To create, increase or develop. Labels: transitive Example: We need to raise the motivation level in the company. Example: to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes 11. To create, increase or develop. Labels: transitive Example: to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops Example: But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash. 12. To create, increase or develop. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: May it pleaſe your Grace that I ſhall raiſe the ſtreets, To Gard your Maieſtie through Smithfield as you walke. 13. To create, increase or develop. Labels: transitive Example: We visited a farm where they raise chickens. Example: Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn? 14. To create, increase or develop. Labels: transitive Example: to raise somebody to office 15. To create, increase or develop. Labels: transitive Example: A few important questions were raised after the attack. Example: President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal. 16. To create, increase or develop. Labels: transitive Example: There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use. 17. To create, increase or develop. Labels: transitive Example: Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories. Example: I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee. 18. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). Example: Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police. 19. To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. Labels: intransitive Example: John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money. 20. To exponentiate, to involute. Example: Two raised to the fifth power equals 32. 21. To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. Labels: transitive 22. To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth. Labels: transitive 23. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified. 24. To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event). Labels: transitive Example: A division by zero will raise an exception. Example: Provide some mechanism in the local service class to raise the event. This might take the form of a public method that the host application can invoke to raise the event. 25. To open, initiate. Labels: India, transitive Example: I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue. 26. Misspelling of raze. Labels: alt-of, misspelling