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Definitions for: Raising [n] raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
[n] the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
[n] the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
[adj] increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"
Webster (1913) Definition: Rais"ing, n.
1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting,
producing, or restoring to life.
2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the
frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. [U.S.]
3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it
into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering,
stamping, or spinning.
Raising bee, a bee for raising the frame of a building. See
Bee, n., 2. [U.S.] --W. Irving.
Raising hammer, a hammer with a rounded face, used in
raising sheet metal.
Raising plate (Carp.), the plate, or longitudinal timber,
on which a roof is raised and rests.
Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, elevation, fosterage, fostering, increasing, lift, nurture, nurture, rearing, rearing, upbringing
See Also: acculturation, ascension, ascent, enculturation, rise, rising, socialisation, socialization, upbringing
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