Noah Webster
Raising
RA'ISING, participle present tense Lifting; elevating; setting upright; exalting; producing; enhancing; restoring to life; collecting; levying; propagating, etc.
RA'ISING, noun
1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.
2. In New England, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.