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raise en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
    alt of pay raise
    • The boss gave me a raise.
  2. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  3. A bet that increases the previous bet.
  4. A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
    • 1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books 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.
  5. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

Forms

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raises Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

knee raise · reraise · calf raise · side raise · draw raise · value raise · check-raise · leg raise · lateral raise

Synonyms

rise (increase in wages or salary) · pay rise (increase in wages or salary)

Translations (29)

pt agachamento (shoulder excercise) · bg вдигане (poker: a raising bet) · uk приба́вка (increase in wages) · fr augmentation (increase in wages) · sv höjning (poker: a raising bet) · gd àrdachadh (increase in wages) · sv löneförhöjning (increase in wages) · el αβάντζο (poker: a raising bet) · de Erhöhung (increase in wages) · pl podwyżka (increase in wages) · fi korotus (poker: a raising bet) · yi פּריבאָווקע (increase in wages) · fi palkankorotus (increase in wages) · el αύξηση (increase in wages) · sv lönehöjning (increase in wages) · sv löneökning (increase in wages) · es levantamiento (shoulder excercise) · da lønforhøjelse (increase in wages) · nl opslag (increase in wages) · bg повишение (increase in wages) · tr zam (increase in wages) · fi tökkis (curling term) · pt aumento (increase in wages) · fi nosto (shoulder excercise) · ru приба́вка (increase in wages) · hu fizetésemelés (increase in wages) · es aumento (increase in wages) · de Gehaltserhöhung (increase in wages) · is launahækkun (increase in wages)

raise en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
    • 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." 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, pages 29-30:
    • With the completion of the preliminary work of raising bridges on the Mauldeth Road-Wilmslow line, to accommodate overhead electrical equipment, further work has been put in hand on bridges on the London Midland Region main line between Manchester and Crewe. 1957 October 14, “Notes and News: Manchester-Crewe Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 734:
    • the flag was raised
  2. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
    • I will raise forts against thee. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah xxxix:3:
    • to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
  3. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ To cause something to come to the surface of water.
    • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
  4. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
    • to raise Sandy Hook light
  5. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
  6. (figuratively, physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
    • The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
  7. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ 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.
  8. (physical, transitive) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
  9. (physical, transitive) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. ▸ To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
  10. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
    • to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes
    • We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
  11. (transitive) To create, increase or develop. ▸ To collect or amass.
    • Every pound raised goes to helping some of the world's most vulnerable children. 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71:
    • But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash. 1955 February, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 79:
    • to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
    • Through special bike rides including a dedicated ride on the Zim Smith trail, the family continues to raise thousands of dollars for the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). These funds pay for safety educators to visit local schools. 2026 August 17, Nicholas Muhoro, “Craig Frear Disappeared After Avoiding His Father in 2004, and No Trace of Him Has Ever Been Found”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026:
  12. (obsolete, transitive) To create, increase or develop. ▸ To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.
    • May it pleaſe your Grace that I ſhall raiſe the ſtreets, To Gard your Maieſtie through Smithfield as you walke. 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act III:
  13. (transitive) To create, increase or develop. ▸ To bring up; to grow.
    • We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
    • 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 (1970-1975), and began to live in a village in Shansi in 1975. 1981, Hualing Nieh, editor, Literature of the Hundred Flowers, volume II, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page xxxix:
    • Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
  14. (transitive) To create, increase or develop. ▸ To promote.
    • to raise somebody to office
  15. (transitive) To create, increase or develop. ▸ To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
    • President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal. 2025 February 1, Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh, “Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit”, in CNN:
    • A few important questions were raised after the attack.
    • All of which is to say, SignalGate raises plenty of security, privacy, and legal issues. 2025 March 26, Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, “SignalGate Isn’t About Signal”, in WIRED:
  16. (transitive) To create, increase or develop. ▸ 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.
  17. (transitive) To create, increase or develop. ▸ To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
    • 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? 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
    • God voutsafes to raise another World From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget. 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
    • I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy xviii:18:
    • Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.
  18. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
    • Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
  19. (intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
    • John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
  20. To exponentiate, to involute.
    • Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
  21. (of a verb, transitive) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
  22. (of a vowel, transitive) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
  23. 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.
  24. (transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
    • 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. 2007, Bruce Bukovics, Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.0, page 243:
  25. (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
    • I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.
  26. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of raze.
    alt of raze

Forms

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raising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
raisedst Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
raised Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
raised Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
raised Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
raised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
raised Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
raised Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
raised Tense=Past lexicographic
raises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raisest Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
raise Number=Plur, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raise VerbForm=Inf lexicographic
raise Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raise Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raise Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raise Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raiseth Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic

Deriveds

raise hob (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · araise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the ante (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · fundraise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise one's voice (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the devil (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise a stink (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise flags (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise unshirted hell (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise a finger (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise up (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the alarm (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise oneself up by one's bootstraps (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise someone's consciousness (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · outraise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise someone's shag (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise eyebrows (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · value raise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise one's game (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the wind (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the white flag (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · curtain-raise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the roof (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raiser (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the specter (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raisable (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise one's head (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · misraise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · upraise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise a flag (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise one's hand (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise Cain (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the spectre (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raised in a barn (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · I'll see you and raise you (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise hell (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise fire (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · it takes a village to raise a child (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the flag and see who salutes (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raised by wolves (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise someone's shackles (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise borer (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the line (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise an eyebrow (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise a hand (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise from the dead (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · payraise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the stakes (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise one's eyebrows (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise to the purple (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the dead (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise red flags (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise someone's hackles (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise to the ermine (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · check-raise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · hand-raise (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise one's glass (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise steam (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise a finger against (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise the bar (Terms derived from raise (verb)) · raise someone's spirits (Terms derived from raise (verb))

Synonyms

prefer · aggrandize · lift (to cause to rise) · uplift · uplift · advance · exalt · dignify · ennoble · honor · elevate · hike (to cause to rise) · elevate · nobilitate · raise · promote · empower

Translations (349)

ba үҫтереү (to bring up, to grow) · pt fazer crescer (to increase; to scale up) · ar رَفَعَ (to cause to rise) · de aufbringen (to collect) · cmn 種植 /种植 (to bring up, to grow) · yi מגדל זײַן (to bring up, to grow) · hu felnevel (to bring up, to grow) · fa افراشتن (to cause to rise) · fi korottaa (to exponentiate) · ko 키우다 (to bring up, to grow) · ko 기르다 (to bring up, to grow) · scn ncucchiari (to collect) · az qaldırmaq (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · ang āfēdan (to bring up, to grow) · fi nostaa (to cause to rise) · az qabağa çəkmək (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · az aradan qaldırmaq ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · hu felold ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · pl podnosić (to cause to rise) · es alzar (to cause to rise) · sq shto (to increase; to scale up) · tr diriltmek (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · fur jevâ (to cause to rise) · pox våzvoʒ́ăt (to cause to rise) · sq ngrerris (to cause to rise) · ru ста́вить (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · arz رفع (to cause to rise) · fa بالیدن (to bring up, to grow) · mi araara (to increase; to scale up) · ru расти́ть (to bring up, to grow) · de heraufsetzen (to increase; to scale up) · mi hiki (to cause to rise) · mi whakahī (to cause to rise) · hy մեծացնել (to bring up, to grow) · vi nuôi (to bring up, to grow) · hu megkeleszt (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · ru снять ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · ru возводи́ть (to exponentiate) · de einsammeln (to collect) · hu megnövel (to increase; to scale up) · ru воскреша́ть (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · fr ériger (to cause to rise) · pdt opphäwen (to cause to rise) · scn jisari (to cause to rise) · fr élever (to bring up, to grow) · ru поднима́ть (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · la erigō (to cause to rise) · fa پرورش دادن (to bring up, to grow) · el μεγαλώνω (to bring up, to grow) · ru рейз (poker term) · mi mairangi (to cause to rise) · de erziehen (to bring up, to grow) · izh nostaa (to cause to rise) · yue 養 /养 (to bring up, to grow) · sv höja (to cause to rise) · hu emel (poker term) · nap aizà (to cause to rise) · ga ardaigh (to cause to rise) · grc ἀείρω (to cause to rise) · nl op de been brengen (to collect) · cs povznést (to cause to rise) · de erhöhen (to increase; to scale up) · cmn 飼養 /饲养 (to bring up, to grow) · ko 올리다 (to cause to rise) · ckb پەروەردە کردن (to bring up, to grow) · scn vunchiari (to increase; to scale up) · de hochschrauben (to increase; to scale up) · ru возвести́ (to exponentiate) · uk підви́щувати (to cause to rise) · ru вы́растить (to bring up, to grow) · ru поднима́ть (to cause to rise) · ru увели́чивать (to increase; to scale up) · la tollō (to cause to rise) · scn prumòviri (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · pl wychować (to bring up, to grow) · hu megemel (to increase; to scale up) · cmn 收留 (to bring up, to grow) · ru поднима́ть (to increase; to scale up) · hu emel (to cause to rise) · hu csinál (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · khb ᦵᦟᧂᧉ (to bring up, to grow) · la levō (to cause to rise) · ru повы́сить (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · dlm alzur (to cause to rise) · lv celt (to cause to rise) · es elevar (to exponentiate) · pl uzyskać (to collect) · oc auçar (to cause to rise) · az rütbəcə yüksəltmək (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · de ins Leben zurückbringen (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · ru подня́ть (to cause to rise) · te లేపు (to cause to rise) · hu felhajt (to collect) · ckb پێگەیشتن (to bring up, to grow) · is hækka (to cause to rise) · eo levi (to cause to rise) · de sammeln (to collect) · ru ста́вить на́ ноги (to bring up, to grow) · es levantar (to cause to rise) · eo altigi (to cause to rise) · hu kivált (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · sv höja (poker term) · io edukar (to bring up, to grow) · de stellen (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · hu csap (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · tr biriktirmek (to collect) · it levare (to cause to rise) · scn aumintari (to increase; to scale up) · az diriltmək (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · de heranziehen (to bring up, to grow) · sq ze (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · acw رَفَع (to cause to rise) · mi matahī (to cause to rise) · txb täl- (to cause to rise) · bg повдигам (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · pl podnieść (to cause to rise) · de einwerben (to collect) · scn turnari (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · sv dra in (to collect) · sv uppfostra (to bring up, to grow) · scn crìsciri (to bring up, to grow) · pl zebrać (to collect) · az boya-başa çatdırmaq (to bring up, to grow) · cs zdvihat (to cause to rise) · scn fujirisinni ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · fr lever (to collect) · hu rálicitál (poker term) · ltg ceļt (to cause to rise) · es recaudar (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · uk підви́щити (to cause to rise) · az yuxarı çəkmək (to cause to rise) · bg отглеждам (to bring up, to grow) · rup analtsu (to cause to rise) · hu felemel (to cause to rise) · la revīvēscō (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · de hochsetzen (to increase; to scale up) · tpi kamapim (to cause to rise) · akk našûm (to cause to rise) · ia levar (to cause to rise) · scn livitari (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · scn raise (poker term) · cs zvednout (to cause to rise) · ru заква́шивать (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · az yetişdirmək (to bring up, to grow) · fr lever (to cause to rise) · gl levantar (to cause to rise) · hu keleszt (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · ru собра́ть (to collect) · grc τρέφω (to bring up, to grow) · uk збирати (to collect) · qu huqariy (to cause to rise) · km លើក (to cause to rise) · scn ricarcari-si ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · az qalxızmaq (to cause to rise) · scn ricògghiri (to collect) · bg вдигам (to cause to rise) · ru повыша́ть (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · hu felemlít (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · vec łevar (to cause to rise) · ru снима́ть ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · de heben (to cause to rise) · hu összegyűjt (to collect) · de aufwerfen (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · scn ammintuvari (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · ga tóg (to bring up, to grow) · th เลี้ยง (to bring up, to grow) · bg увеличавам (to increase; to scale up) · cmn 加註 /加注 (poker term) · de vergrößern (to increase; to scale up) · ru поднима́ть (to bring up, to grow) · hu nevel (to bring up, to grow) · uk підніма́ти (to cause to rise) · hu előteremt (to collect) · ru подня́ть (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · fi korottaa (poker term) · ga cruinnigh (to collect) · hu felvet (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · th เลี้ยงดู (to bring up, to grow) · ca alçar (to cause to rise) · scn fari acchianari (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · ja 上げる (to cause to rise) · eo eduki (to bring up, to grow) · tpi liptimapim (to cause to rise) · fi kasvattaa (to bring up, to grow) · ba терелтеү (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · pl podnieść (to exponentiate) · cs zvedat (to cause to rise) · cs vychovat (to bring up, to grow) · nrf êl'ver (to cause to rise) · hu ébreszt (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · sa उदञ्चति (to cause to rise) · pt alçar (to cause to rise) · ru подня́ть (to bring up, to grow) · uk зібрати (to collect) · qu uyway (to bring up, to grow) · hu feltámaszt (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · az dirçəltmək (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · ru собира́ть (to collect) · de großziehen (to bring up, to grow) · scn arritiràrisi ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · de zusammenkriegen (to collect) · mi whakapakeke (to bring up, to grow) · el ανατρέφω (to bring up, to grow) · sv samla in (to collect) · pt criar (to bring up, to grow) · es deparar (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · ba күтәреү (to cause to rise) · es despertar (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · es criar (to bring up, to grow) · mi whakatupu (to bring up, to grow) · mi whakanana (to cause to rise) · scn nzimulari (to collect) · izh ylentää (to cause to rise) · eo plialtigi (to cause to rise) · tr kaldırmak (to cause to rise) · tr kabartmak (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · es recabar (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · scn ricarcàrisi ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · ru поста́вить на́ ноги (to bring up, to grow) · de sich erheben lassen (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · hy բարձրացնել (to cause to rise) · ru заква́сить (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · pl chować (to bring up, to grow) · scn vùnchiari (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · cmn 撫養 /抚养 (to bring up, to grow) · scn aḍḍivari (to bring up, to grow) · ru поста́вить (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · uk виро́щувати (to bring up, to grow) · scn sùsiri (to cause to rise) · om kaasuu (to cause to rise) · pl uprawiać (to bring up, to grow) · cmn 養育 /养育 (to bring up, to grow) · gd tog (to bring up, to grow) · hu feltesz (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · sq hypi (to cause to rise) · zdj uɓaithi (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · az qaldırmaq (to cause to rise) · km ឃ្វាល (to bring up, to grow) · no øke (to increase; to scale up) · scn cògghiri (to collect) · ru подня́ть (to increase; to scale up) · cs zdvihnout (to cause to rise) · bg възкресявам (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · no gjenopplive (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · it alzare (to cause to rise) · de zusammenbekommen (to collect) · ca criar (to bring up, to grow) · hu emel (to exponentiate) · bg събирам (to collect) · km លៀង (to bring up, to grow) · no samle (to collect) · hu emel (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · no heve (to make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven) · scn fari crìsciri (to bring up, to grow) · de anbauen (to bring up, to grow) · de aufbringen (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · mi hī (to cause to rise) · sv upphöja (to exponentiate) · sa संस्थापयति (to cause to rise) · de ansprechen (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · pl hodować (to bring up, to grow) · scn pumpijari (to increase; to scale up) · hu felhoz (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · ca aixecar (to cause to rise) · az böyüdüb-yetirmək (to bring up, to grow) · hu növel (to increase; to scale up) · la animō (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · hu előléptet (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · de wiederbeleben (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · es juntar (to collect) · dng шули (to bring up, to grow) · grc ἀνάγω (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · pl wychowywać (to bring up, to grow) · hu kelt (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · he גידל \ גִּדֵּל (to bring up, to grow) · grc αἴρω (to cause to rise) · az yetirmək (to bring up, to grow) · ckb سەرخِستِن (to cause to rise) · bg вдигам (poker term) · hu szerez (to collect) · cjs кӧдӱрерге (to cause to rise) · ru увели́чить (to increase; to scale up) · az irəli çəkmək (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · de einbringen (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · mi araara (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · fi nostaa (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · ba күтәреү (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · toi nyamuna (to cause to rise) · bg повишавам (to promote (someone to a higher rank)) · es generar (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · fr ressusciter (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · izh kasvattaa (to bring up, to grow) · gd tog (to cause to rise) · cmn 舉 /举 (to cause to rise) · hu felemel (to increase; to scale up) · pt aumentar (to increase; to scale up) · ru повы́сить (to increase; to scale up) · bg вдигам ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · hu gyűjt (to collect) · de aufziehen (to bring up, to grow) · fr élever (to exponentiate) · hu beszüntet ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · ky көтөрүү (to cause to rise) · pt levantar (to cause to rise) · mi hāpai (to cause to rise) · az artırmaq (to increase; to scale up) · ru выра́щивать (to bring up, to grow) · fr élever (to cause to rise) · ro înălța (to cause to rise) · de erheben (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · io levar (to cause to rise) · cs umocnit (to exponentiate) · de anheben (to increase; to scale up) · az böyütmək (to bring up, to grow) · lv kāpināt (to exponentiate) · az ortaya qoymaq (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · uga 𐎐𐎌𐎀 (to cause to rise) · scn assumari (to collect) · mnc ᡨᡠᡴᡳᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (to cause to rise) · es ercer (to cause to rise) · ru воскреси́ть (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · cs vzkřísit (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · hu megszüntet ((military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done) · nl opheffen (to cause to rise) · de erheben (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · ang rǣran (to cause to rise) · sh podici (to cause to rise) · fi kerätä (to collect) · th ชู (to cause to rise) · es recabdar (to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear) · ru повыша́ть (to increase; to scale up) · es plantear (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · ba ҡуйыу (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · de steigern (to increase; to scale up) · az qaldırmaq (to increase; to scale up) · pt arrecadar (to collect) · de erheben (to collect) · he הרים (to cause to rise) · ro ridica (to cause to rise) · hu emel (to increase; to scale up) · zdj uɓaathwi (to resurrect, to cause to live again) · sq rris (to increase; to scale up) · hu tenyészt (to bring up, to grow) · vi nêu (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion) · grc βαστάζω (to cause to rise) · th ยก (to cause to rise) · ga tóg (to cause to rise) · vec alsar (to cause to rise) · hu említ (to mention (a question, issue) for discussion)

raise en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A cairn or pile of stones.

Forms

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Translations (1)

fi kivikasa (pile of stones)