raise
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From Middle English, from Old Norse reisa, from Proto-Germanic *raizjan (whence Old English rǣran and Modern English rear), causative form of *rīsan (“‘to rise’”).
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to raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)
- To cause to rise.
- Raise your hand if want to say something.
- To collect.
- He raises a lot of money for charity.
- To bring up; to grow.
- We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
- Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
- (poker) To respond to an initial bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- John bet, and Julie raised requiring John to put in more money.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- There should be some consideration (i.e. payment or exchange) to raise a use.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
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terms derived from raise (verb)
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to cause to rise
to bring up, to grow
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raise (plural raises)
- (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
- The boss gave me a raise.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
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increase in wages
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shoulder excercise
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curling term
