(d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; — often with up.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
Deut. xviii. 18.
God vouchsafes to raise another world
From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.
Milton. (e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
Thou shalt not raise a false report.
Ex. xxiii. 1. (f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
Dryden. (g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
Spectator. 5. (Naut.) (a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to
raise Sandy Hook light. (b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks
and sheets.
6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it. Burrill.
To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces
employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. — To raise a check, note, bill
of exchange, etc., to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, or printing
in which the sum payable is specified. — To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place
by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished. — To raise steam, to produce steam of
a required pressure. — To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporary expedient.
[Colloq.] — To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble.
[Slang]
Syn. — To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause; produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.
