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Definition of Raising
Raising

of Raise

The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.

Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.

The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.

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Raising Quotations

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
Jackie Kennedy

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
Erma Bombeck

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.
Matt Groening

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.
Frank A. Clark

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: ''Checkout Time is 18 years.''
Erma Bombeck

Raising Translations

raising in French is levant, arborant
raising in German is aufbringend, steigernd, sich erhebend
raising in Swedish is resning


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