To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. • To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. • To cause something to come to the surface of water. • To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. • To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. • To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect. • 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 relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done. • To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. • To create, increase or develop. • To collect or amass. • To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from. • To bring up; to grow. • To promote. • To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. • To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). • To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear. • To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). • To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. • To exponentiate, to involute. • To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. • 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. • To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event). • To open, initiate. • Misspelling of raze.