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How to sign: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
"boot your computer";
Categories: resuscitate, revive
How to sign: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
"raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain";
Similiar / Same: conjure, conjure up, invoke, call down, call forth, arouse, put forward, evoke, stir, raise
Within this category: bless, curse
How to sign: raise from a lower to a higher position
"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load";
See also: pick up, lift up, gather up
Similiar / Same: lift, raise, elevate, get up
Within this category: chin, get up, heighten, hike, hoist, hoist, hoist, jack, kick up, levitate, pick up, pinnacle, pump, raise, rear, shoulder, skid, trice, underlay
How to sign: make reference to
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention";
Similiar / Same: mention, cite, refer, advert, name
Categories: have in mind, mean, think of
Within this category: commend, cross-refer, drag up, invoke, namedrop, quote, raise, remember, speak of the devil, touch on
