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raise - verb

  1. To move (something) to a higher position: boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See rise.
  2. To raise upright: erect, pitch, put up, rear, set up, upraise, uprear. See horizontal. rise.
  3. To make or form (a structure): build, construct, erect, put up, rear. See make.
  4. To increase in amount: boost, hike, jack(up), jump, up. See increase.
  5. To increase markedly in level or intensity, especially of sound: amplify, elevate, heighten. See increase.
  6. To raise in rank: advance, elevate, jump, promote, upgrade. See rise.
  7. To bring into existence and foster the development of: breed, cultivate, grow, propagate. See care for. reproduction.
  8. To take care of and educate (a child): bring up, rear. See care for.
  9. To seek an answer to (a question): ask, pose, put. See ask.
  10. To put forward (a topic) for discussion: bring up, broach, introduce, moot, put forth. See start.
  11. To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion): arouse, awake, awaken, kindle, rouse, stir(up), waken. See excite.

raise - noun

  1. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See increase.
  2. The amount by which something is increased: advance, boost, hike, increase, increment, jump, rise. See increase.