Raised

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Pronunciation: /ɹeɪzd/

Definitions

1. Moved or lifted something to a higher level or position ; cared for someone from a child until grown ; built or erected a structure
2. Elevated or held aloft ; reared or brought up, especially children or animals ; put up or assembled a building or monument
3. Raised something means to lift it higher ; refers to growing and educating a person ; to create or establish something by construction

Etymology: Raised is the past tense and past participle of "raise", and the verb comes from Old Norse "reisa", meaning "to raise". Its roots go back to a Proto-Germanic causative form of "rise", so the word was built to mean "to make something rise." English already had a close relative in the Old English "rǣran", also meaning "to raise", and "raise" and "rear" are doublets, two words descended from the same source that split apart over time. The word's spelling has a surprising twist. The noun "hreysi", a burial mound or heap of stones from Old Norse, is the source of the English "raise" word's nearby cousin, and its spelling was shaped by folk etymology, the mistaken belief that it came from the verb "raise". The two words were tangled together in English spelling even though their origins differ.

Synonyms: elevated, lifted, hoisted

Antonyms: lowered, dropped