raise
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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”).
Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.
raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)
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raise (plural raises)
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Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.
raise (plural raises)
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