lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"

transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

get the goods - discover some bad or hidden information about; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail"

wise up - get wise to; "They wised up to it"

trip up, catch - detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator"

ascertain - learn or discover with certainty

discover, find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

witness, see, find - perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

clutch, prehend, seize - take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"

commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

hear - receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"

set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"

get together, meet - get together socially or for a specific purpose

stimulate, stir, shake up, shake, excite - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

beatify - make blessedly happy

puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"

beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, exalt, thrill - fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

convalesce, recover, recuperate - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"