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RAISING

• Lift or move to a vertical position; set upright
• Breed or grow (animals or plants)
• Lift or move to a higher position or level
• Construct or build (a structure)
• Cause to rise or form
• Bring to the surface (something that has sunk)
• Cause (bread) to rise, esp. by the action of yeast
• Make a (nap) on cloth
• Increase the amount, level, or strength of
• Promote (someone) to a higher rank
• (in transformational grammar) Move (an element) from a lower structure to a higher one
• Multiply a quantity by itself to (a specified power)
• (in poker or brag) Bet (a specified amount) more than (another player)
• Make a higher bid in the same suit as that bid by (one's partner)
• Increase (a bid) in this way
• an elevation [n RAISINGS] / RAISE, to move to a higher position [v]
• Cause to be heard, considered, or discussed
• Cause to occur, appear, or be felt
• Generate (an invoice or other document)
• Collect, levy, or bring together (money or resources)
• Bring up (a child)
• Bring (someone) back from death
• Abandon or force an enemy to abandon (a siege, blockade, or embargo)
• Drive (an animal) from its lair
• Cause (a ghost or spirit) to appear
• Establish contact with (someone), esp. by telephone or radio
• (of someone at sea) Come in sight of (land or another ship)
• Stimulate production of (an antiserum, antibody, or other biologically active substance) against the appropriate target cell or substance

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