raise a family

:  to cause or help to rise to a standing position

:  awaken, arouse

:  to stir up :  incite

:  an act of raising or lifting

:  a rising stretch of road :  an upward grade :  rise

:  an increase in amount: such as

:  a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head :  household

:  a group of persons of common ancestry :  clan

:  a people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock :  race

:  of or relating to a family (see ¹family)

:  designed or suitable for both children and adults