Word definition: raise

Etimology


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.

verb


raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)

(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

(transitive) To create, increase or develop.

To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

(poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

(arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.

(linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

(linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.

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.

(programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).

(India, transitive) To open, initiate.

Examples


to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself

Because of the heavy traffic, the 1960-61 Christmas guide to trains between King's Cross and the north stated: "To make travel conditions as comfortable as possible, passengers are requested to raise arm rests to enable four people to be seated on each side of those compartments which are fitted with arm rests."

to raise a wall, or a heap of stones

I will raise forts against thee.

The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.

to raise Sandy Hook light

The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!

We need to raise the motivation level in the company.

to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise taxes

to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops

Every pound raised goes to helping some of the world's most vulnerable children.

May it pleaſe your Grace that I ſhall raiſe the ſtreets,To Gard your Maieſtie through Smithfield as you walke.

We visited a farm where they raise chickens.

Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?

Ting Ling had disappeared from public life in 1958. She was accused of being a "Rightist" and was sent to a farm in Hei-lung-chiang Province in remote northeast China, worked there twelve years raising chickens, was in prison five years , and began to live in a village in Shansi in 1975.

to raise somebody to office

A few important questions were raised after the attack.

There should be some consideration to raise a use.

Starting in January we will raise taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.

God voutsafes to raise another World From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.

The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.

John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.

Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.

A division by zero will raise an exception.

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.

I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.

Related words


synonyms

(to cause to rise): lift

noun


raise (plural raises)

(US) Ellipsis of pay raise.: an increase in wages or salary.

(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

(poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.

(mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.

(weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

Examples


The boss gave me a raise.

It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work.

Related words


synonyms

(increase in wages or salary): rise, pay rise (UK)

Etimology


Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.

noun


raise (plural raises)

A cairn or pile of stones.

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