Rain"drop` (-drp`), n. A drop of rain.
Rain"fall` (rn"fl`), n. A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount
of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a
region.
Supplied by the rainfall of the outer ranges of Sinchul and
Singaleleh.
Hooker.
Rain"i*ness (-*ns), n. The state of being rainy.
Rain"less, a. Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.
Rain"-tight` (-tt`), a. So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight
roof.
Rain"y (-), a. [AS. regenig.] Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as,
rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
Raip (rp), n. [Cf. Icel. reip rope. Cf. Rope.] A rope; also, a measure
equal to a rod. [Scot.]
Rais (rs), n. Same as 2d Reis.
Rais"a*ble (rz"*b'l), a. Capable of being raised.
Raise (rz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raised (rzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raising.]
[OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of rsa to rise. See Rise, and cf.
Rear to raise.]
1. 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. Hence,
figuratively: --
(a) 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.
This gentleman came to be raised to great titles.
Clarendon.
The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece.
Sir W. Temple.
(b) 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.
(c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the
pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
2. 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. Hence: --
(a) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of
quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Job xiv. 12.
(b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or
war; to excite.
He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
Ps. cvii. 25.
Æneas . . . employs his pains, In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan
swains.
Dryden.
(c) 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.
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God
should raise the dead ?
Acts xxvi. 8.
3. 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. Hence,
specifically: --
(a) 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.