(Homonym: raze, rays).
1. To activate or stir up.
2. To bet more than the previous player, in poker.
3. To bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project.
4. To cause to be heard or known; express or utter.
5. To cause to puff up with a leaven; of dough; SYN. leaven, prove.
6. To collect funds for a specific purpose.
7. To construct, build, or erect; SYN. erect, rear, set up, put up.
8. To create a disturbance, esp. by making a great noise.
9. To establish radio communications with.
10. To evoke or call forth; SYN. conjure, conjure up, invoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth.
11. (Bridge) To bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level.
12. To invigorate or heighten;,; SYN. lift.
13. To multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3.
14. To pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth.
15. To put forward for consideration or discussion; SYN. bring up.
16. To raise from a lower to a higher position; SYN. lift, elevate, get up, bring up.
17. To raise the level or amount of something.

(Homonym: raze, rays).
1. Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker).
2. The amount a salary is increased; SYN. rise, hike.