TO RAISE THE DEVIL

Definition: TO RAISE THE DEVIL

TO RAISE THE DEVIL

1. To cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang] Syn: To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause; produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Familiar Quotations: TO RAISE THE DEVIL

Author	Quotation
Desiderius Erasmus	'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translation: TO RAISE THE DEVIL

Language		Translations for "TO RAISE THE DEVIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		nagy balhét csap. (various references)

Pig Latin		otay aiseray ethay evilday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO RAISE THE DEVIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-h-i-i-l-o-r-s-t-t-v"
	-4 letters: letterheads, revitalised.
	-5 letters: deliveries, deviltries, earthliest, editorials, elaterites, heredities, idolatries, letterhead, ovaritides, overheated, oversalted, overstated, relativist, revitalise, siderolite, stealthier, thieveries, tholeiites, threadiest, toiletries, tolerative, travestied.
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