v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appraised p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising. ] [ Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate. ] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To estimate; to conjecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enoch . . . appraised his weight. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To praise; to commend. [ Obs. ] R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appraised the Lycian custom. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Appraise. Cf. Apprizement. ] The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Appraise, Apprizer. ] One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise greatly or extravagantly. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. braiser, fr. braise coals. ] (Cookery) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan. [ 1913 Webster ]

A braising kettle has a deep cover which holds coals; consequently the cooking is done from above, as well as below. Mrs. Henderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kettle or pan for braising. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ So called from its iridescent colors. ] (Zool.) A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [ Also written brazier. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ F. ] 1. Charcoal powder; breeze. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) Braised meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dispraised p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising. ] [ OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate. ] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t. ] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blames or dispraises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Froise. ] A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff. ] 1. (Fort.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Mil.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fortified with a fraise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Elevated; raised aloft; upreared. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise amiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise or excite unreasonable. “Misraised fury.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Overprize, Superpraise. ] To praise excessively or unduly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Praised p. pr. & vb. n. Praising. ] [ OE. preisen, OF. preisier, prisier, F. priser, L. pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and cf. Appreciate, Praise, n., Prize, v. ] 1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts. “I praise well thy wit.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let her own works praise her in the gates. Prov. xxxi. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

We praise not Hector, though his name, we know,
Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being. [ 1913 Webster ]

Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! Ps. cxlviii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To value; to appraise. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To commend; laud; eulogize; celebrate; glorify; magnify. -- To Praise, Applaud, Extol. To praise is to set at high price; to applaud is to greet with clapping; to extol is to bear aloft, to exalt. We may praise in the exercise of calm judgment; we usually applaud from impulse, and on account of some specific act; we extol under the influence of high admiration, and usually in strong, if not extravagant, language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. preis, OF. preis price, worth, value, estimation. See Praise, v., Price. ] 1. Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the practice. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Praise may be expressed by an individual, and thus differs from fame, renown, and celebrity, which are always the expression of the approbation of numbers, or public commendation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The object, ground, or reason of praise. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is thy praise, and he is thy God. Deut. x. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Encomium; honor; eulogy; panegyric; plaudit; applause; acclaim; eclat; commendation; laudation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Praiseworthy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Praiseworthy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without praise or approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A religious service mainly in song. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Appraisement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who praises. “Praisers of men.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appraiser; a valuator. [ Obs. ] Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being praiseworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Raised p. pr. & vb. n. Raising. ] [ OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of rīsa to rise. See Rise, and cf. Rear to raise. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. Hence, figuratively: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This gentleman came to be raised to great titles. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. Hence: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. Job xiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite. [ 1913 Webster ]

He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind. Ps. cvii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aeneas . . . employs his pains,
In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead ? Acts xxvi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. Hence, specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will raise forts against thee. Isa. xxix. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like. “To raise up a rent.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle. “He raised sheep.” “He raised wheat where none grew before.” Johnson's Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some parts of the United States, notably in the Southern States, raise is also commonly applied to the rearing or bringing up of children. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the mountains of the North. Paulding. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee. Deut. xviii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

God vouchsafes to raise another world
From him [ Noah ], and all his anger to forget. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt not raise a false report. Ex. xxiii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

(f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

(g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) (a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light. (b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. --
To raise a check,
note,
bill of exchange, etc., to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is specified. --
To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished. --
To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure. --
To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporary expedient. [ Colloq. ] --
To raise Cain, or
To raise the devil, to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause; produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Raised beach. See under Beach, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Praise of one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise below desert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + praise. ] To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise; to lift up. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The appearance of truth; verisimilitude. [ 1913 Webster ]