RAISING

• (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

  "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

  synonyms : breeding , bringing up , fosterage , fostering , nurture , rearing , upbringing

• (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

  synonyms : nurture , rearing

  Her nurture had a large part in determining her intelligence. -added by naila_inlas

• (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"

  synonyms : elevation , lift

• (adj.) increasing in quantity or value

  "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

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