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a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

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.

n. One who or that which raises; -in joinery, one of the upright boards on the front of the steps of a staircase.