RAISE

raise,vb.1. To increase in amount or value <the industry raised prices>.2. To gather or collect

<the charity raised funds>.3. To bring up for discussion or consideration; to introduce or put

forward <the party raised the issue in its pleading>.4. To create or establish <the person’s silence

raised an inference of consent>.5. To increase the stated amount of (a negotiable instrument) by

fraudulent alteration <the indorser raised the check>. [Blacks Law 8^th]