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ragen, verb, ‘to project, stand forth,’ from Middle High German ragen (Old High German hragén), ‘to project, become rigid, be prominent’; allied to Middle High German rac, adjective, ‘tense, stiff, astir’; also to Anglo-Saxon oferhragian, ‘to tower above’; see Rahe and regen.