Emily Dickinson Lexicon

raise (-d), v. [ON reisa.] (webplay: approach, build, child, death, dispose, grow, house, land, life, pass, rank, remembrance, service, sleep, stir).

1. Lift; elevate; turn or move upward.
2. Grow; cultivate; produce; propagate.
3. Mature; age; develop; ripen.
4. Resurrect; restore; bring to life.
5. Erect; build; construct; establish.
6. Exalt; advance; promote; bring to the notice of others.
7. [Fig.] bestow; fix; attach; fasten.