Rise vs. Raise
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(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
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To move upwards.
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
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To slope upward.
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(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
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To become erect; to assume an upright position.
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To leave one's bed; to get up.
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(figurative) To be resurrected.
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(figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
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(intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
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To attain a higher status.
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Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
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To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
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To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
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To begin; to develop.
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To develop.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
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(of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
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To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
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To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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(transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
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(transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
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(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
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To come; to offer itself.
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To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
Risenoun
The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
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The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
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An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
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The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
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An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
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(Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
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An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
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(informal) An angry reaction.
Riseverb
To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: - (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
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To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
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To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
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To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
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To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
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To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
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To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
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To increase in power or fury; - said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
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In various figurative senses.
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To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
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To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
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To become of higher value; to increase in price.
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To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
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To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
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To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
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To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
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To become larger; to swell; - said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
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To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
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To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
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To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
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To increase in intensity; - said of heat.
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To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; - said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
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To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
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To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
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To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; - said of a form.
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To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
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To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
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To come; to offer itself.
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To retire; to give up a siege.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
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To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
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To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
Risenoun
The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
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The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
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Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
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Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
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Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
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Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
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Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
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Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
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The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
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a growth in strength or number or importance
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the act of changing location in an upward direction
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
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a movement upward;
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the amount a salary is increased;
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
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an increase in cost;
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increase in price or value;
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move upward;
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increase in value or to a higher point;
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rise to one's feet;
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rise up;
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come to the surface
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become more extreme;
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come into existence; take on form or shape;
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be promoted, move to a better position
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go up or advance;
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get up and out of bed;
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rise in rank or status;
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increase in volume;
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become heartened or elated;
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exert oneself to meet a challenge;
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
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come up, of celestial bodies;
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return from the dead;
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(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
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To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
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To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
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(nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
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To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
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(figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.
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(military) 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.
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To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
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(transitive) To create, increase or develop.
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To collect or amass.
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To bring up; to grow; to promote.
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To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
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(legal) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
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To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
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To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
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To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
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(arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
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To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
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To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
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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.
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(computing) To throw (an exception).
Raisenoun
(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise UK.
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(weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
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(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
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(poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
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A cairn or pile of stones.
Raiseverb
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
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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.
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To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
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To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
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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.
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To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
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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.
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To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
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To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
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To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
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To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
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To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; - often with up.
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To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
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To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
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To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
Raisenoun
the amount a salary is increased;
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
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increasing the size of a bet (as in poker);
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the act of raising something;
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raise the level or amount of something;
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raise from a lower to a higher position;
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cause to be heard or known; express or utter;
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collect funds for a specific purpose;
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cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;
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bring up;
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evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;
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move upwards;
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construct, build, or erect;
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call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
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create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise;
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raise in rank or condition;
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increase;
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give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
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cause to puff up with a leaven;
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in bridge: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
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bet more than the previous player
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cause to assemble or enlist in the military;
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put forward for consideration or discussion;
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pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth;
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activate or stir up;
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establish radio communications with;
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multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
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bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project;
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invigorate or heighten;
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put an end to;
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cause to become alive again;
