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aumento
, subida
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Raise
- (v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
- (v. t.) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
- (v. t.) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
- (v. t.) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
- (v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
- (v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
Synonyms:
Acclivity, Advance, Arouse, Ascent, Climb, Conjure, Elevate, Elicit, Enhance, Enkindle, Erect, Evoke, Farm, Fire, Grow, Heave, Heighten, Hike, Invoke, Kindle, Leaven, Levy, Lift, Nurture, Parent, Produce, Promote, Prove, Provoke, Rear, Recruit, Resurrect, Rise, Stir, Upraise,
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• Raised
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work.
- (imp. & p. p.) of Raise
Synonyms:
Brocaded, Embossed, Inflated,
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• Raiser
- (n.) One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).
Synonyms:
Agriculturist, Cultivator, Grower,
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talented, noted, clapboard, factory, builders, devoutness, ransomed, protean, nictitation, nipper, boorish, eyewitness, literary, literacy, gaming, lap, chow-chow, april fool's day, brackish, perpendicularity, lantern, fictile, lanky, pro rata, poached, peaceful, parcenary, stealth, devastation, parcel, conservatism, censor, |
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Abash, Love, What, I, Dawn, Smart, Pervert, Morn, Chagrin, Hi, Abandon, Confuse, Bye, No, Abalone, Press, Money, Abate, Good morning, TRUE, Sorry, Abdicate, Abbe, Abaft, Aback, Abattoir, Abbot, Aardvark, A.M., Abashment, Abashed, Clairvoyance, |
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