| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. High spirits: animation, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, inspiration, uplift. See HAPPY. 2. An instance of lifting or being lifted: boost, heave, hoist. See RISE. 3. A strong, pleasant feeling of excitement or stimulation: thrill. Informal : wallop. Slang : bang, boot1, high, kick. See EXCITE. | | VERB: | 1. To raise the spirits of: animate, buoy (up), elate, elevate, exhilarate, flush, inspire, inspirit, uplift. Obsolete : exalt. See HAPPY. 2. To move (something) to a higher position: boost, elevate, heave, hoist, pick up, raise, rear2, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See RISE. 3. To disappear by or as if by rising: disperse, dissipate, scatter. See COLLECT, RISE. 4. To take back or remove: recall, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke. See CONTINUE, LAW, MAKE. 5. To move from a lower to a higher position: arise, ascend, climb, mount, rise, soar. See RISE. 6. Informal. To take (another's property) without permission: filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. Informal : swipe. Slang : cop, heist, hook, nip1, pinch, rip off, snitch. Idioms: make (or walk) off with. See CRIMES, GIVE. 7. To rise up in flight. Also used with off: take off. See RISE.
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