†aˈraise,v.Obs.Forms: 4–5 arayse, areise, 4–6 areyse, 5 arrays, -reise, -reyse, 6 -raise, arais, 5–8 araise.[f.a- prefix 1 + raise v.;cf.the pair rise, arise.Cf.also arear: rear and raise being the cogn. forms fromOE.andON.]1.To raise, lift up, elevate. lit.and fig.1303R. BrunneHandl. Synne 7650Swych men areysen baner Aȝens holy chirches power.
c1450Merlin 57[He]a-reised his brother's tombe moche hier than eny of the tother.
1489CaxtonFaytes of Armes i. xxvii. 85They that..arreyse hem self in to arrogaunce.
1557Prayer after Sacr. in Primer,Continual remembraunce of thy blessed passion, so that..when I am falling it may araise me.
2.To raise from the dead. (Cf.arise.)a1300Cursor M. (Trin.MS.) 14363Þis tiþing ras Þat laȝar þus areysed[v.r. vpraised, resusced]was.
c1500Wyse Chylde & Adrian (W. de W.) (1860) 25Laȝar the broder of marye magdaleyne..the which god areysed.
1601Shakes.All's Well ii. i. 79A medicine..whose simple touch Is powerfull to arayse King Peppin.
3.To bring into activity, to excite, arouse.c1374ChaucerBoeth. iv. ii. 118Ire þat araiseþ in hem þe floodes of troublynges.
Ibid.v. vi. 178Areise þi corage to ryȝtful hoopes.
1494Fabyan v. cxiv. 88To appease certeygne rebellions there arreysyd.
4.To raise or levy (money, troops, etc.).c1386ChaucerPars. T. ⁋493To areysen wrongful custumes and taillages.
1471ArrivallEdw.IV (1838) 23They would gather and arrays up the powere of Devonshire and Cornewaile.
1548HallChron.112 (Halliw.)They..arreised a greate power of xiii. m. and came to the passage.
5.To raise (a siege, or the besiegers).c1450Merlin xiv. 202He hadde not peple in his reame sufficient to a-reyse hem fro the sege, ne to chase hem oute of his reame.
c1530Ld.Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 498We are riding in purpose to areyse youre syege.
6.To take off (cf.Fr.enlever).c1460RussellBk.Nurture 418 in BabeesBk.129Areyse þe whynges furst.
7.? To make up. rare.a1440Morte Arth. 1677He has araysede his accownte, and redde alle his rolleȝ, ffor he wylle gyfe a rekenyng.
