erect vs raise

To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. 

To animate; to encourage; to cheer. 

To spin up and align to vertical. 

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise. 

To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. 

To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. 

To enter a state of physiological erection. 

To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.). 

To cause to stand up or out. 

To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc. 

To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. 

To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. 

To cause something to come to the surface of water. 

To create, increase or develop. 

To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). 

To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect. 

To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified. 

To open, initiate. 

To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). 

To collect or amass. 

To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done. 

To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. 

To promote. 

To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth. 

To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event). 

To bring up; to grow. 

To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. 

To exponentiate, to involute. 

To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. 

To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear. 

To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. 

To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. 

To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.