Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the
         Southern States, raise in also commonly applied to the
         rearing or bringing up of children.

               I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the
               mountains of the North.            --Paulding.
      (d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
          come forth, or appear; -- often with up.

                I will raise them up a prophet from among their
                brethren, like unto thee.         --Deut. xviii.
                                                  18.

                God vouchsafes to raise another world From him
                [Noah], and all his anger to forget. --Milton.
      (e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
          to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.

                Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex.
                                                  xxiii. 1.
      (f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.

                Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
                                                  --Dryden.
      (g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
          to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.

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

            Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
                                                  --Spectator.

   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.

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

   {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.

Blockade \Block*ade"\, n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See {Block}, v. t.
   ]
   1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the
      purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception
      of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.

   Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with
         ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment
         by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing
         power must be able to apply its force to every point of
         practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to
         attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port
         where its force can not be brought to bear. --Kent.

   2. An obstruction to passage.

   {To raise a blockade}. See under {Raise}.