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RISERAISE

Common Stumbling Blocks - Peculiar Constructions - Misused Forms. These verbs are very often confounded. Rise is to move or pass upward in any manner; as to "rise from bed;" to increase in value, to improve in position or rank, as "stocks rise;" "politicians rise;" "they have risen to honor." Raise is to lift up, to exalt, to enhance, as "I raise the table;" "He raised his servant;" "The baker raised the price of bread." Next: LAYLIE Previous: NEITHERNOR Report Privacy SHARE BOOKMARK

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