raise from



raise someone from something

to help someone up from a lowly state. They hoped for some windfall to raise them from their poverty. They raised me from the depressed state I was in.
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raise (someone or an animal) from something

Fig. to bring up someone or an animal from a young state. My grandmother raised me from a baby. We raised all these rabbits from babies.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gerda['gɜ:də]
PlÁCidoPLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
ZalmonZAL-mən (English)Biblical
Consuelakon-SWE-lahSpanish
Gunnvor-Norwegian
Irenkaee-REN-kah (Polish)Polish, Czech