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Word entry · 5 letters

raise

Best crossword clue

"Increase, as a salary"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɹeɪz/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeirsStarts with REnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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

01Increase, as a salary5 letters
02Lift higher5 letters

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