Raising

Definitions: Raising

Raising

Adjective

1. Increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate".

Noun

1. The event of something being raised upward.

2. The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child.

3. Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important".

Date "raising" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Raising

Domain	Definitions
Chemical Industry	Softening, swelling or separation from the substrate, of a dry film resulting from the application of a coat of the same or another product. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	The production of a layer of protruding fibres on the surface of fabrics by brushing. , teazling, or rubbing. Source: European Union. (references)
	Takes place when the long wires of the fancy reach into the short wires of the main cylinder, brush the wool fibers. . . and permit the doffer wire to transfer it. Source: European Union. (references)
Metallurgy	A bending operation carried out between punch and die wherein the axis of the bend is made to confirm to a desired shape. Source: European Union. (references)
	Forming a component by producing shallow indentations with a punch and die, without altering the initial sheet thickness. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Winding of coal etc to the surface. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Raising

Synonyms: breeding (n), bringing up (n), elevation (n), fosterage (n), fostering (n), lift (n), nurture (n), rearing (n), upbringing (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Raising

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Elevation	Noun: elevation; raising; Verb: erection, lift; sublevation, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence; (convexity).
Sociality	Social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company. social gathering, social reunion; assembly; (assemblage); barbecue, bee; corn-husking, corn-shucking; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee; infare.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Raising

English words defined with "raising": Raising bee, Raising hammer. (references)

Specialty definitions using "raising": ABEL, Acreage Reduction Program, aggradation, Agricultural Workers' Diseases, ALUMNI SECRETARY, Aminooxyacetic Acid, Apollonius, Archimedes Screw, arithmetic operator, arithmetical operator, ascending initial, Astagoras ♦ BACCHUS, back balance, back holes, Backwater Effect, BARREL BRANDER, BARREL RAISER, beggar-my-neighbor policy, Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Policy, Beien kep gear, Bengal shutter, blocked-out ore, BOAT LOADER II, Boaz, brine field, bucket pump ♦ canal tender, canal-lock tender, chief operator, caving by raising, chief lock-operator, CHIMNEY SUPERVISOR, BRICK, clay thrower, coal-hoisting engineer, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WORKER, community service consultant, conveyor airlock, cost of living adjustment, cost-of-living-adjustment ♦ defence tax, director of major or capital gifts, director, alumni relations, DIRECTOR, FUNDS DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTOR, MUSEUM-OR-ZOO, DISTRICT ADVISER, district director, DITCH RIDER, ditch tender ♦ electric log, electrical log, electrolog, elevating motor, ELEVATOR-REPAIRER HELPER, E-log, engine plane ♦ Farm residence, fill material, filling material, FOUR-H CLUB AGENT, FUND RAISER I, Fund Raising ♦ GENERAL MANAGER, FARM, Gin Pole, Glucocorticoids, Synthetic, grab dredger ♦ hand whip, highballer, HOOK TENDER, horse whim ♦ information and referral director ♦ JACK, jacking up, JACK-POT, jewelry setter ♦ keg raiser ♦ LOCK TENDER, CHIEF OPERATOR ♦ main-slope engineer, MANAGER, DUDE RANCH, MANAGER, PRODUCTION, SEED CORN, manager, regional, MATERLINCK, mine development, mine hoist ♦ Nain ♦ other bituminous coal and anthracite ♦ Pair Bond, pipe grab, plant tray, poised river, pot maker, Preproduction expenses, pressure chamber, program consultant, purely R&D financing ♦ raising tool, Ram and Teazle, ranch manager, REPTILE FARMER, ROOSEVELT, rue tympan. (references)

Etymologies containing "raising": Capstan ♦ Raise. (references)

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Modern Usage: Raising

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Don't make my little girl suffer because I messed up raising her. Please. (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) Mrs. Cole, the only problem here is that after you've provided years of faithful service and loving support raising his children - They are his? (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur) Seems that a bunch of kids was raising some hell over at Burlington Cranton's property a few days back. (Footloose; writing credit: Dean Pitchford) Some heavy metal thing like Blue Clam Cult? I think that's the key to the raising of lame demons. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) What about the struggles of raising Rufus as a single parent? (Kim Possible; writing credit: Julie DuFine; Madellaine Paxson)
Lyrics	Raising me with no father ("Life Story"; performing artist: Black Rob)
Clever	Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful, even though they're sure you're not raising them right. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Raising the Roof (1970) His Hare Raising Tale (1951) Raising the Roof (1929) The Raising of Christopher (1997) Raising Heroes (1996)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Raising

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Jacks and Hoists for Raising Vehicles: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Father to Son: Life Lessons on Raising a Boy (reference) Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters (reference) Loving without Spoiling : And 100 Other Timeless Tips for Raising Terrific Kids (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Fund Raising Placement Newsletter (reference) Successful Fund Raising (reference) Raising Arizona Kids (reference) Sylvia Rimm On Raising Kids Newsletter (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Iron Maiden: Raising Hell (reference) Raising Cain (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Lieberson: Raising The Gaze (reference) Raising Arizona / Blood Simple: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks [2 on 1] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Raising Hell (reference) Raising the Mammoth (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Raising Venture Capital Made E-Z (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Delta 09-214 Panel Raising Shaper Cutter, High-Speed Steel (reference) Delta 42-010 4-1/2" Convex Panel Raising Shaper Cutter for 3/4" Material, Carbide-Tipped (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Raising

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Photo Album: Raising

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Raising one side of instrument tripod at Station Hugo Triangulation party of William H. Burger.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Raising third leg of instrument tripod at Station Hugo Triangulation party of William H. Burger.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Hydrographic survey signal on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima This signal was erected within a short time of the famous American flag raising.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Local landowner opening raising irrigation gate which allows water to pass into irrigation ditch.Credit: Gary Wilson.
	District Conservationist Edward Romero working with a landowner raising grapes for wine in Arriba County, New Mexico.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.		A farm in Rio Arriba County diversifies their operation by raising herbs for specialized markets.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	Northwest Field Team Leader Norm Vigil (red) and Soil Conservationist Jill Jensen (blue) provide grazing recommendations for a ranch that specializes in raising elk for hunting. Chama, New Mexico.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.		Scenic of an elk ranch which specializes in raising elk for hunting. Chama, New Mexico.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	The Rival Majicians or Raising the Spirit. / Thomaso Scrutiny Inv. [i.e. Samuel De Wilde].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Raising".

Play	Caption
	Raising arpeggiated mallet percussion with a pedal point.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Raising

Author	Quotation
Gaius Valerius Catullus	The evening is come; rise up, ye youths. Vesper from Olympus now at last is just raising his long-looked-for light.
Mencius	To raise a son without learning is raising an ass; to raise a daughter without learning is raising a pig.
St. John Chrysosatom	Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Raising

Author	Date	Quotation
US Declaration of Independence	1776	He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. (reference)
US Constitution	1791	Clause 1: All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Convention of April 25, 1907, regarding the raising of the Turkish customs tariff. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Raising

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	It was impossible to extricate him otherwise than by raising the waggon from beneath.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Then, raising his head, he repeated the act of contrition, phrase by phrase, with fervour.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	And when the peaches and the pears were ripe he cut the price of fruit below the cost of raising it.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	By the middle of April, for I made no haste in my work, but rather made the most of it, my house was framed and ready for the raising.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Raising

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		An enlarged prostate gland also can slow the flow of urine, thus raising the risk of infection. (references)
		Another granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), is also helpful in raising levels of granulocytes. (references)
		An abnormal condition in which urine backs up into the ureters and occasionally into the kidneys, raising the risk of infection. (references)
Business		The economic boom is also raising airfreight volumes. (references)
		The campaign has been successful in raising awareness and use of oil collection points. (references)
		Incidents of car jacking have made the news raising concern among car owners for their personal safety. (references)
Children	Mongolia	The society has a long tradition of support for communal raising of children. (references)
	Mauritania	NGO's increasingly have become active in raising public awareness of issues affecting persons with disabilities. (references)
	Haiti	The Haitian Coalition for the Defense of the Rights of the Child (COHADDE) promotes children's rights by conducting awareness raising activities. (references)
Civil Liberties	Madagascar	An association of homosexuals was refused the right to organize an awareness raising campaign against HIV/AIDS. (references)
	Syria	All religions and orders must register with the Government, which monitors fund raising and requires permits for all meetings by religious groups, except for worship. (references)
	Nicaragua	Private associations do not have legal status to conduct private fund raising or receive public financial support until they receive authorization from the National Assembly, which it routinely confers. (references)
Economic History	Vietnam	Raising capital for development is one of Vietnam's main economic priorities. (references)
	Mexico	Its principal products are timber, mining, livestock raising, and agriculture. (references)
	Eritrea	Most Eritreans would have difficulty raising money for initial franchise costs. (references)
Human Rights	Eritrea	Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports that authorities arrested Ethiopians for raising the Ethiopian flag in public places. (references)
	Madagascar	This commission has undertaken public awareness raising campaigns and workshops to reinforce relationships with NGO's active in human rights. (references)
	Seychelles	The Friends for a Democratic Society pledged to focus on raising awareness of individual rights in a democracy, but has thus far proved to be an inactive organization. (references)
Political Economy	Mexico	The states have few means of raising their own revenues. (references)
	ARGENTINA	Customs Procedures: Customs procedures are opaque and time-consuming, thus raising the cost for importers. (references)
	GREECE	It also prohibited audit firms from doing multiple tasks for a client, thus raising the cost of audit work. (references)
Political Rights	Tunisia	Four women were appointed deputy governors raising the total to 10 women holding that post. (references)
	Ukraine	Voter turnout was reported to be higher than during the October 1999 Presidential election, raising suspicions of manipulation on the part of the presidential administration. (references)
	Indonesia	A number of constitutional changes, MPR decrees, and legal changes have enhanced legislative branch authorities, raising some concerns that the balance of power may have shifted too far from the executive branch. (references)
Trade	Brazil	Several banks are engaged in project finance for private investors, by providing financial advisory services and raising funds. (references)
	Argentina	The Argentine Ministry of Economy, has lowered import duties on new capital goods to zero percent, while raising tariff rates on most consumer products to 28 percent. (references)
	Colombia	The system is purportedly intended to cover domestic producers and consumers from volatile world prices by raising import duties when import prices are low and lowering duties when prices are high. (references)
Women	China	However, experts state that more women are raising their concerns about sexual harassment because of greater awareness of the problem. (references)
	Tanzania	Discrimination against women is most acute in rural areas, where women are relegated to farming and raising children, and have almost no opportunity for wage employment. (references)
	Cuba	The Family Code states that women and men have equal rights and responsibilities regarding marriage, divorce, raising children, maintaining the home, and pursuing a career. (references)
Worker Rights	Brazil	The workers, who were employed in raising livestock, were being held against their will because of debts that they incurred at the worksite. (references)
	Ukraine	In rural areas, where reported incomes tend to be the lowest, families subsidize their incomes by growing fruit and vegetables and raising livestock. (references)
	Vietnam	Female employees who are at least 7 months pregnant or are raising a child under 1 year of age cannot work overtime, at night, or in distant locations. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Raising

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	The key to raising a happy family is rolling with whatever life throws at you.
Mark Shields	Thursday night in New York City at a political dinner, Vice President Cheney had some criticism for those who are raising questions. Let's look at it.
Robert Novak	But Dr. Lindsey, let's be candid. There are people on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill, in Congress, who have taken this war as an opportunity to really open the floodgates on spending, raising appropriations far above your proposal.
Rush Limbaugh	We're empowering courts in this country way too much, and legislators whose job it is to write laws are letting it happen by not raising a stink when judges rewrite their laws.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Raising

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	As this object will now be speedily accomplished, it is expected that the raising and organizing of the troops will proceed without obstacle and with effect.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Under the act of the last session for raising an additional military force so many officers were immediately appointed as were necessary for carrying on the business of recruiting, and in proportion as it advanced others have been added.
James Monroe	1817-1825	Progress has also been made in opening communications between them and in raising supplies at each for the support of the troops by their own labor, particularly those most remote.
James K. Polk	1845-1849	In executing this power by levying a tariff of duties for the support of Government, the raising of 'revenue' should be the 'object' and 'protection' the 'incident'.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	This will be done by raising the low-income allowance and reducing tax rates.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	That's why I will ask you to support raising the minimum wage.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	We're raising the bar, and we expect success.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Raising

"Raising" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 79.62% of the time. "Raising" is used about 2,324 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	79.62%	1,850	4,603
Noun (singular)	19.13%	445	13,012
Noun (proper)	0.69%	16	87,710
Adjective (general or positive)	0.47%	11	106,044
Noun (common)	0.09%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	2,324	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Raising

Expressions using "raising": cattle raising ♦ curtain raising ♦ fire raising ♦ fund raising ♦ hair raising ♦ hell raising ♦ poultry raising ♦ raising a loan ♦ raising agent ♦ raising bee ♦ raising from the dead ♦ raising hammer ♦ raising hell ♦ raising plate ♦ raising prices ♦ raising the banner ♦ raising tool ♦ stock raising. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "raising": raising-from-the-dead.
	Ending with "raising": awareness-raising, cash-raising, front-raising, fund-raising, money-raising, revenue-raising, self-raising, tax-raising, velar-raising.
	Containing "raising": fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort, self-raising flour.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Raising

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
fund raising	2,739
soccer fund raising	748
youth fund raising	627
school fund raising	482
raising chicken	332
band fund raising	310
non profit fund raising	282
charity fund raising	275
church fund raising	245
christian fund raising	228
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Raising

Language		Translations for "raising"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lartësim (elevation, exaltation, lifting up, sublimate, sublimation). (various references)

Arabic		‏نصب إقامة, ‏تربية المواشي (ranching), ‏جباية, ‏ربى الماشية. (various references)

Bulgarian		покачване (enhancement, escalation, increase, rally, rise), повишаване (aggrandizement, enhancement, increase, promoting, promotion). (various references)

Chinese		上升 (Ascendant, Ascendent, Ascent, Climb, Climbed, Climbing, Raise, Raised, rise, risen, rising, uphill, uplifted). (various references)

Czech		získávání fondu (fund raising), hrùzyplný (hair raising, hair-rising), hrùzostrašný (bloodcurdling, hair raising, nightmarish, terrible), chov dobytka (stock raising). (various references)

Danish		rue (rational use of energy, rational utilization of energy), presning (compacting, embossing, impression, pressing, squeezing), opkogning (lifting), opdraetning (growing, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing), opdraet (animal to be reared, growing, rearer, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing), opbukning, løftning (jacking up, lifting), hejsning (jacking up, lifting, sling), hævning (elevation, jacking up, lifting, picking, upheaval, uplift, uplift (of the earth's crust)), forhøjelse (increase, rise), etagetilbygning, etageforøgelse, bukning (crease, folding, score). (various references)

Dutch		reliefpersen (embossing), verhoging (height, increase, platform, price supplement, rise, stage, surcharge), veeteelt (growing, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing), opweken (lifting), opruwen, oplichten (clear, jacking up, lifting, to come on, to light up), opfok (growing, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing), buigen om gekromde kanten, brugoplegging (jacking up, lifting). (various references)

Finnish		kasvatus (breeding, education, growing, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing, training, upbringing). (various references)

French		élevage. (various references)

German		steigernd (enhancing), sich erhebend (soaring, towering), Aufzucht (breeding, growing, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing), aufbringend (sparing). (various references)

Greek		ανύψωση (board, elevation, extension, heave, jacking up, lift, lifting, pull-up, push-up, side, sideboard, side-extension, step-up, uplift). (various references)

Hebrew		מעל�" (aloft, ascent, lifting, rise, slope, up, upward), �"עלא�" (elevation, increase, lifting, promotion, raise), �"�'ב�"�" (elevation, jacking, lifting), �"רמ�" (hoist, lifting, raise), �'�"ול (augmentation, big, breed, breeding, development, grand, great, growth, high, increment, large, mighty, step up, upbringing, whopping). (various references)

Hungarian		termesztés, emelkedés (ascent, boost, climax, climb, elevation, eminence, enactment, heave, heaving, hill lift, lift, lifting, raise, recovery, rise, uptrend), emelés (elevation, enthronement, enthronization, erection, heave, hoist, lift, lifting). (various references)

Indonesian		penyemaian (process of raising seedlings, seeding), pendewasaan (maturation, raising the age), acungan (outward, raising upward). (various references)

Italian		sollevamento (derricking, heave, heaving, hoist, jacking up, lift, lifting, luffing, upheaval, uplift, uplift (of the earth's crust)), allevamento (breeding, farm, fosterage, growing, nurture, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing, upbringing). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		養殖 (cultivation, culture), 飼育 (breeding, rearing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しいく (breeding, rearing), そ�"あ�', くめ�" (contrivance), しよう (application, breeding, cotyledon, employment, extremely important, foliage, leaves and branches, method, personal use, private business, remedy, resource, seed leaf, side issues, specification, sublation, trial, use, utilization, way), そ� て (bringing up), ひきあ�' (drawing up, pulling up, refloatation, salvage), さいかく (device, plan, ready wit), さ�"� �" (buckshot, contriving, managing, shot), せいいく (breeding, development, growth), かさあ�' (padding or inflation), ようしょく (beauty, cultivation, culture, features, important office, looks, Western-style meal), はつよう (enhancing, exalting, rousing up), ちょうたつ (facileness, fluency, provision, supply). (various references)

Korean		올림 (Elevating). (various references)

Manx		troggal armee (raising troops), irreeagh (self raising). (various references)

Pig Latin		aisingray.(various references)

Portuguese		produção animal (growing, rearing, stock farming, stockrearing), cardação, ataque (access, aggression, assault, attack, attempt, bout, corrosion, degradation, destruction, deterioration, etching, fit, fling, gust, impugnment, invasion, investment, lifting, offensive, onflow, onrush, onset, outburst, paroxysm, periodic onset, rush, Sally, shock). (various references)

Romanian		ridicat (advanced, erect, harsh, high, long, raised, severe, standing, stiff, upright), ridicare (adjournment, ascension, elevation, erection, growth, heave, heft, hoist, lift, raise, removal, rise, rising, round up, shrug, uplift, upturning), înãlţare (elevation, erection, exaltation, hoist, lift, rise, rising, upsurge). (various references)

Russian		страшный (blood-curding, dire, direful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grisly, hair raising, hair-raising, hairy, hideous, horrible, parlous, spooky, terrible, tremendous), ужасный (appalling, atrocious, awful, blood-curding, chilling, chronic, damnable, damned, desperate, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruelling, gruesome, hair raising, hair-raising, hairy, heinous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, macabre, perishing, spooky, terrible, tragic, unearthy), сбор денежных средств (fund raising), животноводство (animal husbandry, stock raising, stock-breeding), животноводческий (stock raising), поджог (arson, fire raising, incendiarism). (various references)

Scottish		togail (building, lifting). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zastrašujući (deterrent, frightening, hair raising, intimidating, terrifying), prikupljanje novčanih priloga (fund raising), koji gaji stoku (stock raising), jezovit (ghoulish, hair raising), gajenje stoke (stock raising), živinarstvo (poultry raising). (various references)

Spanish		levantamiento (erection, heaving, insurgence, insurgency, lift, lifting, rise, survey, upheaval, uplift, uprising). (various references)

Swedish		resning (erection, insurrection, lifting, rebellion, review, revolt, rising, stature, uprising). (various references)

Turkish		yükselen (ascendant, ascendent, ascending, rising, soaring, upgrade, uphill), kaldırma (abolition, defeasance, elevation, heave, heaving, hoist, lift, lifting, pickup, superelevation, uptake), kabartma (boss, embossment, glyph, raised, relief, relievo). (various references)

Turkmen		kцtel (lifting). (various references)

Ukranian		розведення (cultivation, culture, keeping, watering), ворсування. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Raising

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	conquisitio, elevatio. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	uzdâtãm. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Raising

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 24, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai oute en tw ierw euron me proV tina dialegomenon h episustasin poiounta oclou oute en taiV sunagwgaiV oute kata thn polin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et neque in templo invenerunt me cum aliquo disputantem aut concursum facientem turbae neque in synagogis neque in civitate
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And nether in the temple thei founden me disputinge with ony man, nether makynge concours of puple, nether in synagogis, nether in citee;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And that they nether founde me in the teple disputinge with eny man other raysinge vp the people nether in the Synagoges nor in the cite.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither exciting the people to sedition, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Raising

Language	Acts Chapter 24, Verse 12
Albanian	Dhe këta nuk më gjetën në tempull duke u grindur me ndonjë, ose duke nxitur turmën as në sinagogat as edhe nëpër qytet;
Bulgarian	И те не могат да докажат пред тебе това, за което ме обвиняват сега.
Cebuano	Ug wala ako makita nila nga nakiglalis kang bisan kinsa o nagpagubot sa mga tawo, diha sa templo o sa mga sinagoga o sa siyudad.
Chinese	他們並 �' 有看見我在殿裡、或是在會 � � 裡、或是在城裡、 �'� 人辯論、聳動眾人。
Croatian	A nisu me našli ni u Hramu da s kim raspravljam ili bunu podižem, ni u sinagogama, ni po gradu.
Danish	Og de have ikke fundet mig i Ordveksel med nogen eller i Færd med at vække Folkeopløb, hverken i Helligdommen eller i Synagogerne eller omkring i Staden.
Dutch	En zij hebben mij noch in den tempel gevonden tot iemand sprekende, of enige samenrotting des volks makende, noch in de synagogen, noch in de stad;
Finnish	Eivät he ole tavanneet minua kenenkään kanssa väittelemästä eikä väentungoksia aikaansaamasta, ei pyhäkössä, ei synagoogissa eikä kaupungilla,
French	On ne m`a trouvé ni dans le temple, ni dans les synagogues, ni dans la ville, disputant avec quelqu`un, ou provoquant un rassemblement séditieux de la foule.
German	Auch haben sie mich nicht gefunden im Tempel mit jemanden reden oder einen Aufruhr machen im Volk noch in den Schulen noch in der Stadt.
Haitian Creole	Jwif yo pa jwenn mwen ap diskite ak pesonn nan tanp lan, yo pa bare m' ap moute tèt pesonn ni nan sinagòg yo ni okenn lòt kote nan lavil la.
Hungarian	És a templomban sem találtak engem, hogy valakivel vetekedtem volna, vagy hogy a népet egybezendítettem volna, sem a zsinagógákban, sem a városban.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dan tidak pernah orang-orang Yahudi itu mendapati saya bertengkar dengan seseorang pun atau mengumpulkan orang untuk membuat huru-hara baik di Rumah Tuhan maupun di rumah-rumah ibadat atau di mana saja di dalam kota.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka tiadalah orang berjumpa hamba berbalah dengan barang seorang pun, atau menghasut orang banyak mengadakan huru-hara, baik di dalam Bait Allah atau di mana-mana pun di dalam negeri.
Italian	Essi non mi hanno mai trovato nel tempio a discutere con qualcuno o a incitare il popolo alla sommossa, né nelle sinagoghe, né per la citt�
Korean	� � 희 �" 내 가 성 � � 에 서 아 무 와 변 � 하 �" 것 이 나 회 당 과 또 �" 성 중 에 서 무 리 를 소 동 케 하 �" 것 을 보 지 못 하 였 으 니
Latvian	Un viòi nav atraduði mani svçtnîcâ ar kâdu strîdamies, ne ïaudis kûdâm uz sacelðanos ne sinagogâs,
Maori	Kihai ano ahau i mau i a ratou i roto i te temepara e totohe ana ki tetahi, e mea ana ranei i te mano kia tutu, kahore i nga whare karakia, kahore ano hoki i te pa:
Modern Greek	και ουτε εν τω ιερω ευρον εμε διαλεγομενον μετα τινος η οχλαγωγουντα, ουτε εν ταις συναγωγαις ουτε εν τη πολει·
Norwegian	Og hverken i templet eller i synagogene eller omkring i byen har de funnet at jeg talte til nogen eller opviglet folket;
Portuguese	e que não me acharam no templo discutindo com alguém nem amotinando o povo, quer nas sinagogas quer na cidade.
Rumanian	Nu m`au gqsit nici kn Templu, nici kn sinagogi, nici kn cetate, stknd de vorbq cu cineva, sau fqcknd rqscoalq de norod.
Russian	й ОЙ Ч УЧСФЙМЙЭЕ, ОЙ Ч УЙОБЗПЗБИ, ОЙ � П ЗПТП�"Х ПОЙ ОЕ ОБИП�"ЙМЙ НЕОС У ЛЕН-МЙ�'П У� ПТСЭЙН ЙМЙ � ТПЙЪЧП�"СЭЙН ОБТП�"ОПЕ ЧПЪНХЭЕОЙЕ,
Shuar	Nuisha yajauch áujmatki weai Wáitkiacharmai. Yusa Uunt Jeencha tura Israer-shuara aujtai jeencha tura pepru Jíntianmasha aentsnum Charáa Charáa Ajá wekaai penké Wáitkiacharmai, Tímiayi.
Spanish	No me hallaron disputando con nadie en el templo, ni provocando tumultos del pueblo, ni en las sinagogas ni en la ciudad.
Swahili	Wayahudi hawakunikuta nikijadiliana na mtu yeyote. Hawakunikuta nikichochea watu Hekaluni wala katika masunagogi yao, wala mahali pengine popote katika mji huo.
Swedish	Och varken i helgedomen eller i synagogorna eller ute i staden har man funnit mig tvista med någon eller ställa till folkskockning. >Apg. 25,8. 28,17.
Thai	เขาไม่ไ�"้เห็นข้าพเจ้าเถียงกันกับผู้หนึ่งผู้ใ�" หรือยุยงประชาชนให้วุ่นวาย ไม่ว่าในพระวิหาร ในธรรมศาลาหรือในเมือง
Ukrainian	І вони ані в храмі, ані в синагогах, ні в місті мене не здибали, щоб я з ким сперечався, або колотнечу в народі здіймав.
Uma	Uma-a hangkania raruai' momehono' hante hema-hema ba mpo'usoki ntodea hi Tomi Alata'ala ba hi tomi posampayaa, ba hiapa-apa hi rala ngata.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Raising

Derivations
	Words beginning with "raising": raisings. (additional references)
	Words ending with "raising": appraising, braising, dispraising, fundraising, misraising, outraising, overpraising, praising, reappraising, reraising, upraising. (additional references)
	Words containing "raising": appraisingly, dispraisingly, fundraisings. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Raising" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: araising, Maisang, radiusing, rairing, raiseing, Raisi, raisian, raisig, Raisina, raisiny, raseing, rasing, rassing, rauzing, Ravissant, ravissent, Rayosan, Reisin, Reisinger, reisling, Riazan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Raising"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "raising" (pronounced rā"zing)
5	r ā" z i ng	appraising, grazing, phrasing, praising, razing.
4	-ā" z i ng	amazing, blazing, gazing, glazing, hazing, phasing.
3	-z i ng	abusing, accusing, advertising, advising, aggrandizing, agonizing, amortizing, amusing, analyzing, antagonizing, apologizing, appeasing, appetizing, arising, arousing, authorizing, boozing, bowsing, browsing, bruising, brutalizing, bulldozing, buzzing, cannibalizing, capitalizing, carousing, categorizing, causing, centralizing, characterizing, chastising, choosing, cleansing, closing, colorizing, commercializing, composing, comprising, compromising, computerizing, confusing, criminalizing, criticizing, cruising, crystallizing, customizing, decentralizing, decomposing, decriminalizing, deemphasizing, defusing, dehumanizing, demilitarizing, democratizing, demonizing, demoralizing, denationalizing, desensitizing, destabilizing, devising, diffusing, digitizing, disclosing, disguising, disposing, downsizing, dozing, dramatizing, easing, economizing, editorializing, emphasizing, enclosing, energizing, enterprising, equalizing, espousing, excusing, exercising, exposing, fantasizing, federalizing, fertilizing, finalizing, foreclosing, formalizing, franchising, fraternizing, freezing, fusing, galvanizing, generalizing, glamorizing, harmonizing, hosing, housing, humanizing, hydrolyzing, idolizing, immobilizing, immortalizing, immunizing, imposing, improvising, industrializing, infusing, institutionalizing, ionizing, ironizing, itemizing, jeopardizing, legalizing, legitimizing, liberalizing, losing, marginalizing, materializing, maximizing, memorizing, merchandising, mesmerizing, minimizing, misusing, mobilizing, modernizing, monopolizing, moralizing, musing, nationalizing, neutralizing, normalizing, nosing, oozing, opposing, organizing, overgrazing, overusing, oxidizing, paralyzing, paraphrasing, patronizing, pausing, penalizing, personalizing, perusing, pleasing, polarizing, politicizing, popularizing, posing, predisposing, prioritizing, privatizing, proposing, proselytizing, publicizing, quizzing, rationalizing, realizing, reauthorizing, recapitalizing, recognizing, recusing, refusing, reimposing, reorganizing, reusing, revising, revitalizing, revolutionizing, rising, romanticizing, Rosing, sanitizing, satirizing, schmoozing, scrutinizing, securitizing, seizing, sensationalizing, sizing, sneezing, snoozing, socializing, specializing, squeezing, stabilizing, standardizing, sterilizing, stigmatizing, strategizing, subsidizing, summarizing, supervising, supposing, surprising, symbolizing, sympathizing, synthesizing, tantalizing, teasing, televising, temporizing, terrorizing, theorizing, tranquilizing, trivializing, unappetizing, uncompromising, unionizing, unsurprising, uprising, using, utilizing, vandalizing, verbalizing, victimizing, visualizing, warehousing, wheezing, whizzing, womanizing.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Raising

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: airings, arising.
	Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-n-r-s"
	-1 letter: airing, grains, raisin, rasing, rising, siring.
	-2 letters: airns, gains, garni, girns, gnars, grain, grans, grins, iring, naris, ragis, rains, ranis, rings, sarin.
	-3 letters: agin, ains, airn, airs, anis, gain, gars, gins, girn, gnar, gran, grin, inia, iris, nags, nisi, ragi, rags, rain, rang, rani, rias, rigs, ring, rins, sain, sang, sari, sign, sing, snag.
	-4 letters: ain, air, ais, ani, ars, gan, gar, gas, gin, ins, nag, rag, ran, ras, ria, rig, rin, sag, sin, sir, sri.
	-5 letters: ag, ai, an, ar, as, in, is, na, si.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-n-r-s"
	+1 letter: aspiring, braising, fairings, ingrains, pairings, praising, railings, raisings.
	+2 letters: apprising, arginines, ascribing, braidings, dairyings, disarming, disrating, grainiest, imaginers, insnaring, migraines, misrating, originals, ravishing, realising, reraising, resailing, rigatonis, ringtails, safariing, seriating, signorina, spiraling, spraining, straining, striating, trainings, traipsing, upraising, virginals.
	+3 letters: aborigines, agrimonies, amortising, aphorising, appraising, archaising, aspirating, astricting, astringing, cashiering, cuirassing, despairing, disbarring, discarding, disgracing, disparting, faradising, garnishing, graininess, grimalkins, gyniatries, hairspring, immigrants, increasing, instarring, instigator, intrigants, laryngitis, magnifiers, mainspring, migrainous, migrations, misdrawing, misframing, misgrading, mishearing, mismarking, misparsing, misparting, misraising, misreading, mistracing, moralising, organicism, organicist, organising, organismic, originates, outraising, polarising, practising, reimagines, resinating, retailings, romanising, ruralising, satirising, satirizing, scarifying, scraiching, scraighing, seignorial, shikarring, signorinas, solarising, solarizing, spiralling, springtail, tailorings, tarnishing, transiting, urbanising, valorising, vaporising, varnishing, vinegarish, viraginous.
	+4 letters: aboriginals, abstricting, advertising, agrarianism, airbrushing, anagnorisis, asterisking, authorising, brandishing, brigandines, brigantines, broadsiding, brutalising, carburising, caregivings, cartelising, crawfishing, dignitaries, disagreeing, disarmingly, disarraying, discharging, disfavoring, disorganize, disparaging, dispraising, dispreading, distracting, distraining, dramatising, emigrations, enravishing, espaliering, figurations, fingernails, formalising, franchising, frangipanis, fundraising, garnierites, garrisoning, glamorising, grainfields, gramicidins, grandiosity, grecianizes, hairsprings, hairstyling, harmonising, imaginaries, ingratiates, instigators, intriguants, invigorates, irrigations, isografting, jargonistic, legionaries, linearising, lipreadings, mainsprings, marbleising, misaltering, misaverring, misawarding, misbranding, miscarrying, mischarging, miscreating, misgrafting, mislaboring, mislearning, misphrasing, misrelating, misstarting, mistraining, mistreating, multigrains, nightmarish, normalising, organicisms, organicists, originators, ostracising, ostracizing, parasailing, patronising, pharyngitis, plaistering, privatising, rainmakings, rainwashing, ravishingly, reassailing, reassigning, regionalism, regionalist, reinstating, resignation, restraining, rusticating, sacrificing, sanguinaria, scrimmaging, seigneurial, seigniorage, serialising, serializing, shivareeing, signatories, singularity, singularize, springtails, straighting, straitening, stratifying, stravaiging, submarining, summarising, summarizing, trailerings, transfixing, transpiring, trigeminals, tyrannising, vainglories, virginalist, vulgarising, wainwrights, waitressing, waterskiing.
	+5 letters: advertisings, aerosolizing, aggrandising, agrarianisms, agribusiness, airtightness, allegorising, angularities, appraisingly, ascertaining, bastardising, bastardizing, bearbaitings, boardsailing, brainwashing, bricklayings, caparisoning, caramelising, categorising, centralising, constraining, craniologies, crystalizing, denigrations, desiderating, despairingly, digressional, disaccording, disaffirming, disappearing, disapproving, disarranging, discouraging, disembarking, disintegrate, disorganized, disorganizes, disregarding, dissertating, earsplitting, egalitarians, eviscerating, fricasseeing, fundraisings, gallinippers, garnisheeing, gastrocnemii, generalising, generalities, germinations, gormandising, graininesses, gravitations, guardianship, haircuttings, hairdressing, hairstylings, hamstringing, handrailings, handwritings, illustrating, immigrations, imparadising, increasingly, ingatherings, ingratitudes, ingurgitates, integrations, interfacings, interspacing, intransigent, investigator, invigilators, invigorators, jeopardising, kickstarting, laryngitides, legionnaires, liberalising, libertinages, marginalizes, marginations, militarising, mineralising, mineralogies, mineralogist, monsignorial, naturalising, neutralising, organicities, organisation, originations, overpraising, parasailings, parasitising, parasitizing, pasteurising, pasteurizing, plagiarising, playwritings, popularising, preassigning, printmakings, radicalising, railroadings, reappraising, redisplaying, reestimating, refashioning, regionalisms, regionalists, regionalizes, registration, reinstalling, remigrations, resignations, revitalising, rhapsodizing, sailboarding, sanguinarias, sanguinarily, scarifyingly, scintigraphy, scrimshawing, secularising, secularizing, seigniorages, sidetracking, singularized, singularizes, spearfishing, strategizing, streamlining, stridulating, transcribing, transhipping, transmitting, traumatising, trivialising, vainglorious, variegations, vinaigrettes, virginalists, waterskiings, wisecracking.
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