Raise

raz, v. t. [raised (razd), raising.] To cuuse to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to bring to a higher condition or situation, elevate in rank, dignity, etc.; to increase the strength or veheof a mence of; to" recall from death, give life to; to cause to rise up, or a ume an erect position or posture; to cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from them a state of quiet, etc.; to awaken; to rouse to action, stir up; to cause to arise, grow up, or come into befasing or to appear; to give rise to; to build up, erect; upon to bring together, collect; to cause to grow; to pro place cure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to bring '- into being, produce; to give vent or utterance to; to cuise to rise, as by the effect of leaven: to make frag light and spongy, as bread. (iVant.) To cause to atseem elevated, as an object bv a gradunl approach cel to it. (Law.) To create or constitute. — Raising, n. oil; linger or ink, then, boNbON, chair, get. Act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life; operation of setting the frame of a building, or any structure of timber. 344