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- English Word Rain Definition To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
- English Word Rain-tight Definition So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.
- English Word Rainbow Definition A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
- English Word Rainbowed Definition Formed with or like a rainbow.
- English Word Raindeer Definition See Reindeer.
- English Word Raindrop Definition A drop of rain.
- English Word Rained Definition of Rain
- English Word Rainfall Definition A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.
- English Word Raininess Definition The state of being rainy.
- English Word Raining Definition of Rain
- English Word Rainless Definition Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.
- English Word Rainy Definition Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
- English Word Raip Definition A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod.
- English Word Rais Definition Same as 2d Reis.
- English Word Raisable Definition Capable of being raised.
- English Word Raise Definition To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
- English Word Raise Definition To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
- English Word Raise Definition To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
- English Word Raise Definition To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
- English Word Raise Definition To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff.
- English Word Raise Definition To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
- English Word Raise Definition To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
- English Word Raise Definition To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to.
- English Word Raise Definition To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like.
- English Word Raise Definition To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
- English Word Raise Definition To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
- English Word Raise Definition To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
- English Word Raise Definition To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
- English Word Raise Definition To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
- English Word Raise Definition To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.