mid-14c., "an act of elevating," verbal noun from raise (v.). Specifically in American English, "the erecting of a building," by 1650s.
RAISING. In New England and the Northern States, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building. [Webster, 1830]
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
rainstorm
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raison d'etat
raison d'etre
raisonne
Raj
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