Isa. xxix. 3.
(b) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain
for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like. "To raise
up a rent." Chaucer.
(c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated;
to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle. "He
raised sheep." "He raised wheat where none grew before." Johnson's
Dict.
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In some parts of the United States, notably in the Southern States,
raise is also commonly applied to the rearing or bringing up of
children.
I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the mountains of the
North.
Paulding.
(d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or
appear; -- often with up.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto
thee.
Deut. xviii. 18.
God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his
anger to forget.
Milton.
(e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to
originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
Thou shalt not raise a false report.
Ex. xxiii. 1.
(f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
Dryden.
(g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a
point of order; to raise an objection.
4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and
spongy, as bread.
Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
Spectator.
5. (Naut.) (a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher
by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light. (b) To let go;
as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and
sheets.
6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to
create it. Burrill.
To raise a blockade (Mil.), 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. -- To raise a check, note, bill of
exchange, etc., to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing
the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is
specified. -- To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a
place by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished. --
To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure. -- To raise
the wind, to procure ready money by some temporary expedient. [Colloq.]
-- To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, to cause a great disturbance;
to make great trouble. [Slang]
Syn. -- To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause; produce;
grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.
Raised (rzd), a. 1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as,
raised or embossed metal work.
2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc.,
as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See
Raise, v. t., 4.
Raised beach. See under Beach, n.
Rais"er (rz"r), n. One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of
the verb).
Rai"sin (r"z'n), n. [F. raisin grape, raisin, L. racemus cluster of
grapes or berries; cf. Gr. "ra`x, "rago`s, berry, grape. Cf. Raceme.]
1. A grape, or a bunch of grapes. [Obs.] Cotgrave.