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Literary notes about RAISE (AI summary)

The term "raise" in literature is extraordinarily versatile, capturing both literal and metaphorical actions. It often describes the physical act of lifting—whether a hand scarcely capable of movement in a moment of dwindling strength [1], or a subtle gesture of defiance or courtesy, as when a character lifts his eyes in hesitation or respect [2], [3]. Yet, its meaning extends into more abstract realms: authors employ it to signify the mobilization of forces, the elevation of social standing or military strength [4], [5], and even the inspirational revival of the human spirit in religious or moral contexts [6], [7]. In economic and practical discourse, "raise" denotes the act of driving change or increasing value, as when prices are driven upward or crops are cultivated [8], [9]. Such layered usage demonstrates how a single word can encapsulate varied human experiences—physical, emotional, and societal—with striking elegance and depth [10], [11].
  1. How full of meaning that glance had been, as she leaned over him, holding in hers the pale hand which he had no longer strength to raise!
    — from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen
  2. Raskolnikov did not even raise his eyes to him.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  3. The lady had taken a quick step forward and had held out her hand to him, but he still refused to raise his eyes.
    — from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  4. Austria preferred to wait till she could raise four hundred thousand men.
    — from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini
  5. Mr Venus, we raise our terms, and we can't do better than proceed to business.
    — from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
  6. He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  7. Since sorrow sanctifies and raises the religious level of the worshipper, it may also raise him up again when he falls lower than usual.
    — from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim
  8. By engrossing , is meant the trade of engrossers —men who buy up all that can be got of a particular commodity, then raise the price.
    — from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon
  9. I have little faith in any attempt to raise root crops on land not previously well prepared.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  10. When the agony of shame had passed from him he tried to raise his soul from its abject powerlessness.
    — from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
  11. 5.14; to raise from the dead, restore to life, Jno. 12.1, et al., and mid. to rise from the dead, Mat. 27.52.
    — from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

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