Raising

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.

(2): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raise

(3): ( n.) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.

(4): ( n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.

King James Dictionary [2]

Ra'Ising, ppr. Lifting elevating setting upright exalting producing enhancing restoring to life collecting levying propagating, &c.

Ra'Ising, n.

1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. 2. In New England, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.

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