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The ancients; the people of ancient times. That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has Sir W. Raleigh.

To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve. By the gods, I do applaud his courage. Shak.

Worthy pf applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

Capable of being appraised.

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [U.S.] Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money. Ramsay.

To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

Appraisement.

An appraiser.

. The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth. Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin.

ition, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis.

To raise; to set up; to stir up. [Obs.]

The system by which a country raises, classifies, arranges, and equips its armed land forces. The usual divisions are: (1) A regular or active army, in which soldiers serve continuously with the colors and live in barracks or cantonments when not in the field; (2) the reserves of this army, in which the soldiers, while…

Lifted up; raised; erect.

er, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of…

The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; - - opposed to thesis. Moore.

To fix or determine the rate or amount of. This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act. Blackstone.

esigned to give confidence. Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31. Assurances of support came pouring in daily. Macaulay.

Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.