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"raise" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often heighten (8 letters).
Definitions
To lift, increase, or bring up.
Word origin
From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”).
Used in a sentence
“to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself”
“the flag was raised”
“to raise a wall, or a heap of stones”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Increase, as a salary”5 letters
02“Lift higher”5 letters
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