Crossword Genius

Bring up commendation initially ignored (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raise

'bring up' is the definition.
(I know that bring up can be written as raise)

'commendation initially ignored' is the wordplay.
'commendation' becomes 'praise' (praise is a kind of commendation).
'initially ignored' means to remove the first letter.
'praise' with its initial letter removed is 'RAISE'.

(Other definitions for raise that I've seen before include "Aries (anag)" , "cairn" , "Breed" , "Contact" , "climb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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