noun
- Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.
- usage: "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
verb
- Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
- usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
- synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
- Bring up.
- usage: "raise a family"; "bring up children"
- Promote from a lower position or rank.
- usage: "This player was brought up to the major league"
- synonyms: bring up
- Raise from a lower to a higher position.
- usage: "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
- Cause to come to a sudden stop.
- usage: "The noise brought her up in shock"
- synonyms: bring up
- Put forward for consideration or discussion.
- usage: "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
- Make reference to.
- usage: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
- Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes.
- usage: "boot your computer"
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