Word Meanings - RELEVATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A raising or lifting up.
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- LIFT
The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. - RAISE
To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. - RAISED
1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised - RAIS
See REIS - RAISING
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. 3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, - RAISER
One who, or that which, raises . - RAISIN
1. A grape, or a bunch of grapes. Cotgrave. 2. A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat. Raisin tree , the common red currant, whose fruit resembles the small raisins of Corinth called currants. Dp. Prior. - LIFTING
Used in, or for, or by, lifting. Lifting bridge, a lift bridge. -- Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5. -- Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health. -- Lifting pump. A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, - RAISONNE
Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonné. See under Catalogue. - LIFTER
A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lifts. - RAISABLE
Capable of being raised. - LIFTABLE
Such as can be lifted. - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - LIVRAISON
A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part. - HEBRAIST
One versed in the Hebrew language and learning. - MISRAISE
To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall. - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - KARAISM
Doctrines of the Karaites. - FRAISE
A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. Johnson. - ULTRAISM
The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More. - OVERPRAISING
The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton. - PRAISER
1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North. - FRAISED
Fortified with a fraise. - BRAISE; BRAIZE
A European marine fish allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. - DISPRAISABLE
Blamable. - OVERPRAISE
To praise excessively or unduly. - SUPERPRAISE
To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak.