(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(v. t.) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a
state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
(v. t.) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,
struggle, or war; to excite.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(v. t.) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come
forth, or appear; -- often with up.
(v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to
originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
(v. t.) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
(v. t.) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to
raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
(v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
light and spongy, as bread.
(v. t.) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by
drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
(v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i.
e., Let go tacks and sheets.
(v. t.) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to
create it.
