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Arbuthnot, 1. 211. 6. To form as a piled-up ma , or by upward accretion; erect above a base or foundation; build or heap up: as, to raise a cathedral, a to raise a wreck. The dust Should have ascended to the roof of heaven, Raised by your populous troops. Shak., A. and C., iii. 6. 50. 10. To cause to rise from an inert or lifele condition; specifically, to cause to rise from death or the grave; reanimate: as, to raise the dead. Also in ye myddes of that chapell is a rounde marble stone, where the very hooly cro e was prouyd by reysinge of a deed woman, whanne they were in doubte whiche it was of the thre. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 25. We have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 1 Cor. xv. 15. Thou must restore him flesh again and life, And raise his dry bones to revenge this scandal. Beau , and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, iv. 1. 11. To cause to rise above the visible horizon, or to the level of observation; bring into view; sight, as by approach: chiefly a nautical use: as, to raise the land by sailing toward it. When first seeing a whale from the mast-head or other place, it is termed raising a whale. C. M. Scammon , Marine Mammals (Glo ary), p. 311. In October, 1832, the ship Hector of New Bedford raised a whale and lowered for it. The Century , XL. 562. 12. To cause to rise by expansion or swelling; expand the ma of; puff up; inflate: as, to raise bread with yeast. I learned to make wax work, japan, paint upon gla , to raise paste, make sweetmeats, sauces, and everything that was genteel and fashionable. Quoted in J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, [L. 23. The action of the saltpetre on the hides or skins, it is claimed, is to plump or raise them, as it is called. C. T. Davis , Leather, p. 240. 13. To cause to rise into being or manifestation; cause to be or to appear; call forth; evoke: as, to raise a riot; to raise a ghost. I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy 1 Chron. xvii. 11. He command eth and raiseth the stormy wind. Ps. cvii. 25. I'll learn to conjure and raise devils. Shak . , T. and C., ii. 3. 6. sons. Come, come, leave conjuring; The spirit you would raise is here already.