- a variation of raze.
rase
Americanverb (used with object)
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The US Federal Reserve could rase interest rates as early as June, according to minutes from its April meeting show, with Fed’s members arguing the risks of a slowdown in global economy have receded.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2016
Take 4 weeks to rase and consume 3Kg of feed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
Tyrian's axe Went spinning, followed by Tyrion himself, and the deck rase up to give him a wet smack.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Thomas rathely vpe he rase, 50 And he rane ouer that mountayne hye; Gyff it be als the storye sayes, He hir mette at Eldone tree.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Svenson was making good his promise "tew rase hell."
From Every Man for Himself by Hopkins Moorhouse
But the rigorousness of the tempest and the force of the yce so rased the sides of the ships that it was pitifull to behold, and caused the hearts of many to faint.
From Time Magazine Archive
There remained no hope, no supply of men, or weapons; the Mastes all beaten over boord, her upper worke rased.
From Time Magazine Archive
There used to be one such turret near the summit of Campden Hill; but that familiar imposture was rased a year or two ago, no one protesting.
From Yet Again by Sir Max Beerbohm
The old Wahrendorff house has been rased to the ground, and stores stand in its place.
From A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren by Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless
The two large towers, with their pepper-pot roofs which had not been rased, and the belfry of the middle tower, gave an air of distinction to the village.
From An Historical Mystery by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
This is PhishMe’s third time rasing funds since its founding in 2011 and it already pulls in $35 million in revenue annually.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2016
Air France crews refused to board flights destined for Ebola-affected countries this week, rasing concerns that it could scrap routes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2014
Their generous support and resources made the difference, and paved the way for future progress in our fund rasing efforts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Knights, damosells, paynims, quests, jousts, and tourneys, went "rasing and trasing" through his manuscript, until some people thought he was possessed with an archaic humor from which he would never recover.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Slason Thompson
It was followed by persecutions, martyrdoms, and the rasing of all the Christian churches and buildings—the destruction, in a word, of Christianity in Japan.
From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
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