self-raising

noun Linguistics.

1. a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.

adjective

1. (of flour) having a raising agent, such as baking powder, already added

noun

1. transformational grammar a rule that moves a constituent from an embedded clause into the main clauseSee also subject-raising, negative-raising

n.mid-14c., “an act of elevating,” verbal noun from raise (v.). Specifically in American English, “the erecting of a building,” by 1650s. RAISING. In New England and the Northern States, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building. [Webster, 1830]