(a) To raise (sth.) to a vertical position; to set upright; ~ up; (b) of a horse: to rear.

To erect, set up (a building, monument, engine of war); build (a city); construct or raise (a dike, roadway); also fig.

(a) To lift or raise (sth.) to a higher position; place or set on high; raise (a banner) aloft; hoist (a sail); ~ up; pull (a tooth); raise (dust); mid fure aræred, ?go up in flames; (b) ~ cri, cry out.

(a) To raise (sb.) to a standing position; ~ up; fig. to put (sb.) on his feet, make secure; (b) to get up, arise; -- intr. or refl.; (c) to restore (sb.) to health, cure; cure (an ill); rise from the sickbed.

(a) To set up, set going, establish, found (a way of life, practice, institution, etc.); institute (law); secure, maintain, perpetuate; also, become established [quot.Conq.Irel.]; (b) to bring or come about, effect; (c) ~ fin, to make an agreement or settlement; (d) to initiate (a writ).

(a) Theol. To raise (the dead), resurrect; ~ to live; (b) restore (sb.) to grace, save; (c) raise (spirits), conjure up.

(a) To lift up (the heart, the spirit); enhance (understanding); exalt (wickedness); (b) to elevate (sb.) in moral strength; (c) to elate (sb.).

To raise, levy (troops); gather (an armed force).

To levy or collect (a tax, tribute, etc.).

Med. (a) Of the skin, a scab: turn up, separate (from the flesh); arered, protruding, swollen; (b) push or press upward.

Physiol. Of 'humors' and 'heat': to ascend or make ascend.

(a) To stir up (hostility, discord, strife, etc.); start (a quarrel, a conflict); (b) to arouse (laughter); (c) of harm, desires: arise.

(a) To arouse or stir up (sb.), stimulate or incite (to action); (b) refl. rouse oneself, take courage; ~ up herte.

To start or flush (game).

To agitate (waves), stir up (wind).