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raises to the ermine

raises to the ermine is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise to the ermine.

Meaning of raise to the ermine

Verb

raise to the ermine (third-person singular simple present raises to the ermine, present participle raising to the ermine, simple past and past participle raised to the ermine)

  1. (Commonwealth) To ennoble; to appoint someone to the House of Lords or the judiciary.
    • THE Times, in a late article on the judicial system, in reference to the objection that, 'by multiplying judicial officers an inferior order of men must be raised to the ermine,' remarked that, if fifty years ago it was easy to select fifteen judges from the mass of practising barristers, it ought...1879, The Law Journal, page 111

Questions about raises to the ermine

What is raises to the ermine the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Raises to the ermine is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise to the ermine.

Words near raises to the ermine in the dictionary

  1. raises the flag and sees who salutes
  2. raises the roof
  3. raises the specter
  4. raises the spectre
  5. raises the stakes
  6. raises to the ermine
  7. raises to the purple
  8. raises unshirted hell
  9. raises up
  10. raisest
  11. raiseth

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