raise

Pronunciation: /ɹeɪz/

The English word “raise” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
To cause something to come to the surface of water.
To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
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 relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
To create, increase or develop.
To collect or amass.
To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.
To bring up; to grow.
To promote.
To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
To exponentiate, to involute.

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…

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