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To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.

To cause something to come to the surface of water.

(nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.

To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.

(figuratively) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.

(military) 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.

(military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.

To collect or amass.

(obsolete) To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.

To bring up; to grow.

To promote.

To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.

(law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).

To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

(poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

(arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.

(linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

(linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.

To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

(programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).

(India, transitive) To open, initiate.