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• raise:

I. To lift up:

1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: to r. a stone from the ground, saxum de terra t., Cic. Caec. 21, 60: to r. oneself from the ground, se t. a terra, id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37: I cannot r. my head, nequeo caput t., Pl. Truc. 2, 6, 45: to r. the curtain (of a theatre), aulaeum t., Cic. Cael. 27, 65 (this was done at the end of a piece, since the curtain, contrary to our practice, was let down below the stage when the play began; hence aulaeum [aulaea] premere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 89, or aulaeum premere, Phaedr. 5, 7, 23, to drop the curtain, was used to denote the opening of the play.) Comps. (1). attollo, 3 (not in Cic., and chiefly poet.): to r. the head, caput attollere, Ov. M. 5, 503: to r. the eyes from the ground, oculos humo a., ib. 2, 448: to r. the hands to heaven, manus ad coelum a., Liv. 10, 36. (2). extollo, 3 (to r. high): to r. the head, caput extollere, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: to r. on high a bloodstained dagger, alte cruentum pugionem e., Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28.
2. lĕvo, 1 (to lift up, raise gently): to r. one's limbs from the grass, membra gramine l., Ov. F. 6, 328: to r. oneself from the turf, id. M. 2, 427: to r. up a sick person from a dangerous illness, aegrum ex praecipiti l., Hor. S. 2, 3, 292. Comps. (1). allĕvo, 1 (in Cic. only fig., to alleviate): to r. the hand, manum al., Quint. 11, 3, 94: to r. the arm, brachium a., id. 11, 3, 141: to r. the eyebrows, supercilia a., id. 11, 3, 79: to r. the eyes, oculos a., Curt. 8, 14. (2). ēlĕvo, 1 (to raise to a height): to r. a flooring (to a certain height), contabulationem e., Caes. B. C. 2, 9. (N.B.--Elevo, when used in fig. sense, = not to raise, extol [extollo, effero], but to lessen, disparage: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236.) (3). sublĕvo, 1 (to raise from the ground): he did not even r. us up when stretched at his feet, nos sibi ad pedes stratos ne sublevabat quidem, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3: to r. oneself up, [erigere] se [aut] sublevare, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: the bees r. up on their shoulders the wearied king, apes regem fessum humeris s., Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54: he died in their arms as they were r.ing him up, inter manus sublevantium extinctus est, Suet. Vesp. 24.
3. ērĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (to lift to an erect position): to r. the finger, digitum e., Quint. 11, 3, 120: to r. the hands to the roof, manus ad tectum e., id. 11, 3, 118: to r. the ladders to the walls, scalas ad moenia e. Liv. 32, 14: to r. the eyes, oculos e., Cic. Sext. 31, 68.
4. surgo, surrexi, surrectum, 3 (very rare as trans. verb): to r. one's ears, aures s., Virg. Aen. 4, 183: an earthquake brings down mountains, r.s plains, fills up valleys, terrae motus defert montes, s. plana, valles extuberat, Sen. Q. N. 6, 4. (N.B.--Hardly to be imitated.)

II. To erect, to build:

1. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3: to r. a tomb, sepulchrum e., Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68: to r. a monument, monumentum e., id. Ph. 14, 12, 33: to r. a mound to the height of eighty feet, aggerem in altitudinem pedum octoginta e., Caes. B. C. 2, 1: to r. towers, turres e., ib. 3, 54.
2. ērĭgo, 3 (rare in this sense): to r. (erect) towers, turres e., Caes. B. C. 1, 26.
3. expr. by pōno, ēdūco, aedĭfĭco: for examples, v. erect, build.

III. To elevate in condition, to exalt to a state more great or illustrious:

1. ēvĕho, vexi, vectum, 3: to r. any one to the consulship, aliquem ad consulatum e., Tac. Dial. 13: to r. the empire to the highest point, imperium ad summum fastigium e., Curt. 4, 14: to r. any one to heaven, aliquem ad aethera e., Virg. Aen. 6, 130; ad deos, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 6; ad auras, Ov. M. 14, 127; in coelum, Juv. 1, 38.
2. prōvĕho, 3: to r. persons of the lowest rank to the highest honours, quosdam infimi generis ad amplissimos honores p., Suet. Caes. 72: to r. any one to consulships, censorships, and triumphs, aliquem in consulatus, censuras, et triumphos p., Vell. 2, 128: v. to promote.
3. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3: to r. any one to honour, aliquem ad dignitatem p., Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52: to r. any one to the highest honours, aliquem ad honores amplissimos p., id. Am. 20, 73: to r. any one to (lit. with) every kind of honour, aliquem omni genere honoris p., Liv. 40, 56.
4. effĕro, extŭli, ēlātum, 3: to r. to the highest authority through the various degrees of preferment, aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus e., Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 28: to r. any one above the laws, aliquem supra leges e., Tac. A. 2, 34.
5. tollo, 3: to r. any one to threefold honours, aliquem tergeminis t. honoribus (abl. case), Hor. Od. 1, 1, 8 (hardly so in prose, as tollere alone would mean to get rid of): to r. any one to the sky with praises, aliquem laudibus ad coelum t., Cic. Fam. 15, 9. Phr.: to r. any one from obscurity, aliquem e tenebris in lucem evocare, Cic. Deiot. 11, 30; aliquem e tenebris et silentio proferre, Plin. Ep. 9, 14; aliquem ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perducere, Caes. B. G. 7, 39.

IV. To excite, arouse, stir up:

1. tollo, 3: to r. the courage, animos tollere, Liv. 3, 67: Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 57.
2. ērĭgo, 3: to r. one's dejected spirits, animum demissum et oppressum erigere, Cic. Clu. 21, 58: to r. and cheer up the dejected province, provinciam afflictam et perditam e. atque recreare, id. Verr. 3, 91, 212.
3. recreo, 1 (frequently joined with erigo): to r. the spirits, reficere et recreare mentem, id. Planc. 1, 2: to r. a person from the lowest depths of misfortune, afflictum erigere, perditumque recreare, id. Man. 9, 23: to r. the dejected spirits of any one, afflictos animos alicujus r., id. Att. 1, 10, 8.
4. excĭto, 1: to r. the dejected spirits of a friend, amici jacentem animum excitare, id., Am. 16, 59. Prov.: to r. a storm in a teapot, i. e. make much ado about nothing, fluctus in simpulo [lit. in a ladle] ex., Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.

V. To occasion, produce, bring forward: tollo, 3: to r. a shout, clamorem tollere, id. Verr. 4, 43, 94: Virg. Aen. 11, 745: to r. a laugh, cachinnum t., Cic. Fat. 5, 10: risum t., Hor. A. P. 381. Phr.: to r. a report, rumorem fingere, cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 53: to r. a point (in an argument), aliquid proferre, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 41; aliquid in medium proferre, Cic. Fam. 15, 2.
VI. To bring from death to life: Phr.: aliquem ab inferis excitare, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: it is r.d in glory, surgit in gloria, Vulg. 1 Cor. xv. 43: he was r.d again for our justification, resurrexit propter justificationem nostram, ib. Rom. iv. 25.
VII. To collect, assemble, procure: to r. an army, exercitum conscribere, comparare, Cic. Ph. 5, 13, 36; parare, Sall. C. 29; exercitum scribere, Liv. 2, 43; conficere, Cic. Ph. 5, 16, 43; facere, ib. 5, 8, 23; contrahere, Caes. B. G. 1, 34; cogere, ib. 3, 17: (in an irregular or violent manner), conflare, Cic. Ph. 4, 6, 15: to r. the wind (i. e. money), pecuniam cogere, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98.
VIII. To augment, increase: Phr.: to r. the price of any thing, pretium alicujus rei efferre, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6; facere pretium alicujus rei carius, Just. 16, 4: the price of provisions is r.d, annona augetur, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 89; annona crescit, Caes. B. C. 1, 52; annona ingravescit, Auct. pro Dom. 5, 11; annona est carior, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59: to r. prices artificially, annonam incendere, excandefacere, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, fin.: to r. the pay, *augere stipendium.
IX. To cause to grow: exăro, 1: to r. so much corn, tantum frumenti ex., Cic. Verr. 5, 38, 99. See also to cultivate, produce.
X. To raise a siege: Phr.: obsidionem solvere, Liv. 24, 41; obsidionem omittere, Tac. A. 15, 5; ab oppugnatione desistere, Sall. Jug. 25, extr.; oppugnationem relinquere, ib. 15, 16.

• RAISE

To lift up, tollere: elevare (the latter only of things really lifted up: hence elevare manus, but not oculos: and not in the figuratively sense; e.g., laudibus aliquem elevare: ☞ verbis qui elevare is to depreciate a man; to run him down, the opposed to of extolling): subducere (to lead or draw from below): moliri (to raise up heavy weights, by pulleys, etc.). To raise the curtain, aulaeum tollere (with the ancients, at the end of the piece, to draw up the curtain before the stage; opposed to aulaeum premere or mittere, at the beginning of a piece, to let the curtain drop, so that the actors were seen; Vid: Schmid., Hor. Ep., 2, 1, 189): to raise one’s hands to heaven, tendere manus (supplices) ad caelum (in prayer).
To erect, educere: excitare (pyramids, towers): exstruere: aedificare (to build): to raise fortifications, munimenta excitare: to raise a dam, aggerem jacere, exstruere; a wall, murum aedificare. [Vid: To ERECT.
To excite, arouse, erigere; excitare: firmare: confirmare (to confirm, strengthen): relevare, recreare (to refresh): to raise the spirits of a dejected person, afflictum alicujus animum recreare (☞ Cic., Att., 1, 16, 8, ego recreavi afflictos animos bonorum, unumquemque confirmans, excitans); animum alicujus jacentem or aliquem abjectum et jacentem excitare; sublevare stratum et abjectum; ad animi aequitatem extollere aliquem.
To give forth, occasion, tollere. To raise a shout, clamorem tollere: on the arrival of anybody, clamoribus aliquem excipere: to raise a laugh, cachinnum tollere; in cachinnos effundi. Such phrases are frequently expressed in Latin by single words; e.g., to raise a laugh, cachinnari: to raise a charge, accusare aliquem.
To bring forward, proferre: producere: in medium proferre: to raise an objection, opponere, contra dicere aliquid: obloqui: occurrere.
To cause to rise (from the dead), aliquem excitare ab inferis; aliquem a morte ad vitam revocare (to recall to life): aliquem ab Orco reducem in lucem facere (to cause to return to the world. ☞ Vivificare is bad Latin).
To levy, prepare, parare, comparare; conferre, conquirere, conficere, cogere (to collect, bring together): to raise troops, copias parare or comparare; exercitum conficere: to raise money, cogere pecuniam, from anybody, ab aliquo; pecunias expedire.
To augment, increase, efferre (to bring forth): augere (to increase): majus reddere (to render greater, enlarge): exaggerare (to make higher or larger). To raise the price of a commodity, pretium alicujus rei efferre (to make the price higher): carius vendere aliquid (to sell at more): to attempt to raise the price of corn, annonam flagellare (of a corn-factor who keeps back his corn, that prices may rise; Plin.); annonam incendere, excandefacere (Varr., R; R., 3, 2, 16); annonae caritatem inferre. Prices have been raised, merces cariores sunt or pluris veneunt: the price of anything has been raised [Vid: “prices etc., have risen” in RISE.] To raise the pay, stipendium augere: to raise courage, majorem reddere animum; addere animum.
To promote, advance (to honor), augere, ornare (general term); producere ad dignitatem or ad honores, evehere ad honores: to raise to great honor, amplis honoribus ornare or decorare: to raise from the dust, ex humili loco ad dignitatem producere; e tenebris in lucem evocare; e tenebris et silentio proferre: to the highest honors, ad amplissimos honores or ad summam dignitatem perducere: to raise anybody to the throne, regnum et diadema alicui deferre (Hor., Od., 2, 2, 22).
To raise a siege, Vid :, SIEGE.

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