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rakeý<br />

quicken, encourage, develop: The news about the new company<br />

raised our hopes of finding jobs. 8 open, introduce, initiate,<br />

broach, bring up, bring or put forward, present, suggest,<br />

mention, moot: It is regrettable that you saw fit to raise such<br />

a delicate issue. 9 remove, relieve, lift, abandon, eliminate,<br />

discontinue, (bring to an) end, terminate: Restrictions on<br />

travel to south-east Asia were about to be raised. 10 cause,<br />

provoke, evoke, occasion, put or set in motion, institute,<br />

prompt, engender, stir up, instigate, inspire, give rise to,<br />

bring about, arouse, originate: Objections to the relaxation of<br />

safety regulations were raised by relatives of the victims of<br />

the earlier disaster. 11 utter, express, bring up, put forward,<br />

shout, call: Was it you who raised the alarm at the first sign<br />

of smoke? 12 assemble, obtain, get, collect, amass, solicit:<br />

We raised twice as much for charity as last year. 13<br />

invigorate, animate, vitalize, vivify, buoy, lift, uplift, cheer<br />

(up), exhilarate, elate: Our spirits were raised considerably<br />

by the news from head office.<br />

v. 1 Often, rake up. scrape together, gather (together or up),<br />

collect, draw together: You really must rake up the leaves from<br />

the lawn and burn them. 2 scrape, comb, scratch, grate, graze:<br />

Don't you just hate the sound of a fingernail being raked across<br />

a blackboard? 3 rake in. collect, gather (up or in), pull in,<br />

make: Pamela is raking in the royalties from her latest<br />

thriller. 4 rake it in. coin money, make money<br />

(hand-over-fist), Brit coin it in: The new record shop in the<br />

mall is really raking it in. 5 rake out. sift (out), screen,<br />

remove, clear, eliminate: Please rake out the cinders from the<br />

grate. 6 rake over or through. search, probe, ransack, scour,<br />

comb, rummage through, pick through or over, go through or over<br />

(with a fine-tooth(ed) comb), rifle (through): The police raked<br />

through her entire flat but found nothing incriminating. 7 rake<br />

up. a See 1, above. b revive, resuscitate, resurrect, raise,<br />

bring up, recall: Must you persist in raking up those bad<br />

memories? 8 rake up or together. gather, scrape up or together,<br />

collect, drag together, pick up, dig up, dredge up, find,<br />

unearth: Were you able to rake up the others for a game of<br />

poker tonight?<br />

n. libertine, womanizer, lecher, rou‚, playboy, ladies' man,<br />

Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, debauchee, voluptuary, profligate,<br />

prodigal; scoundrel, rascal, cad, Archaic rakehell, masher;

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