raise

Definitions

• (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
• (poker) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• (linguistics) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• (linguistics) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
• To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
• (computing) To throw (an exception).