RAISER
\ɹˈe͡ɪzə], \ɹˈeɪzə], \ɹ_ˈeɪ_z_ə]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who raises; to raise a blockade, to remove the ships that make it, either voluntarily, or by their being driven away; to raise a purchase, among seamen, to dispose mechanical agents in such a way as to exert the force required; to raise a siege, to relinquish, on the part of the besieging force, the attempt to take a place, or to drive away from besieging it.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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