Definition of "raise" []

To move to a higher position; elevate: raised the loads with a crane. See Synonyms at lift. (verb-transitive)
To set in an upright or erect position: raise a flagpole. (verb-transitive)
To erect or build: raise a new building. (verb-transitive)
To cause to arise, appear, or exist: The slap raised a welt. (verb-transitive)
To increase in size, quantity, or worth: raise an employee's salary. (verb-transitive)

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Use "raise" in a sentence

"For, first, she desires if she can -- and she has often been able -- actually to raise these, first to sanctity and then to her own altars; it is for her and her only to _raise the poor from the dunghill and to set them with the princes_."
"A few hands later, I got KT suited on the button and I called a raise from the shorty I had targeted who had opened from middle position, and the small blind also called directly behind me."
"Randy Leonard's acceptance of the raise is a deliberate middle finger to his critics."

Words like "raise"

ameliorate better bid call

end improve increase increment

meliorate raised raises raising

resuscitate revive terminate

to raise the devil