So with the doors of late night closed to her, Slate had to scale down her ambitions to raise her profile. We are gathered for one reason and one reason alone—to raise money to help fulfill that dream and that purpose. I called out several times, as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose.
They determined that an offensive war should be carried on against them, and voted to raise 90 men! The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur. To meet this heavy expense the ministers had to devise all sorts of expedients to raise money. Would Hodson, knowing the exceeding importance of his mission, have turned to rescue a servant or raise a fallen horse?
Also, raise hell or the devil. Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way, as in He said he'd raise Cain if they wouldn't give him a refund , or The gang was out to raise hell that night , or The wind raised the devil with our picnic. The first term alludes to the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother, Abel.
It was first recorded in the St. New Word List Word List. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? The transitive verb 'to raise' has been used since at least the 14th century to mean 'to conjure up; to cause a spirit to appear by means of incantations'. In Modern English - [ I have told you enough already to raise a fiend, look he never so savage. If you make trouble you are raising, that is, conjuring up, the accursed spirit of Cain.
This is similar to several phrases that allude to calling-up or 'raising' the Devil.
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