raise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   bring up

   raise a family

2. 2
   noun

   increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

   I'll see your raise and double it

3. 3
   noun

   the amount a salary is increased

   They got a 3% raise.

4. 4
   verb

   cause to become alive again

   raise from the dead

5. 5
   verb

   raise the level or amount of something

   raise my salary

6. 6
   verb

   bring into relief and cause to project, usually referring to a surface or design

   I raised the lines on the design to make it more tactile.

7. 7
   verb

   establish radio communications with

   They managed to raise Hanoi last night

8. 8
   verb

   activate or stir up

   raise a mutiny

Etymology

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.