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How to spell raise

What it means: To lift something to a higher position.

In a sentence: Can you help me raise the flag? ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as raize or rase.

Same family: raising, raised, arouse, evoke, stir. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Raise” comes from an Old Norse word *reisa* meaning “to lift up.” Over time, English speakers extended the idea of lifting something physical to also mean bringing up feelings, questions, or reactions in people.

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