Meaning of raising

Definition of raising

(adj) increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"
(noun) the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

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