raise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To lift or move something to a higher position.

   Please raise your hand if you have a question.

2. 2
   verb

   To increase an amount or level.

   The company decided to raise prices next month.

3. 3
   verb

   To care for a child until they are grown up.

   She raised three children on her own.

4. 4
   noun

   An increase in the money you are paid for your work.

   After two years, she finally got a raise.

5. 5
   verb

   To collect money for a purpose.

   They raised thousands of dollars for the hospital.

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Simplified etymology

Raise entered English in the Middle English period from Old Norse. It comes from the same Germanic root as the Old English verbs rear and rise.

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.

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