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- raise from
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.
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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Gerda | | ['gɜ:də] | |
| PlÁCido | | PLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Zalmon | | ZAL-mən (English) | Biblical |
| Consuela | | kon-SWE-lah | Spanish |
| Gunnvor | | - | Norwegian |
| Irenka | | ee-REN-kah (Polish) | Polish, Czech |