raising

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RA'ISING, participle present tense Lifting; elevating; setting upright; exalting; producing; enhancing; restoring to life; collecting; levying; propagating, etc. RA'ISING, noun 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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