1. raise - Noun
2. raise - Verb
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.
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.
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.
To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
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.
To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
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.
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.
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.
To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. Norman Mailer
Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected. Robert Orben
If you do not raise your eyes, you will think you are the highest point. Antonio Porchia
Those who hunt deer sometimes raise tigers. Hindi Proverb
It takes a village to raise a child. African Proverb
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind. Chinese Proverb