Boosting
Raising
Raising noun - The event of something being raised upward.
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The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series has these in both the stat-boosting and level-raising varieties.
Source: Rare Candy -
It doesn't just make boosts last longer, it adjusts your character's cruising speed to the speed of said boost with the speed raising up to match higher boosting speeds when you level up!
Source: Lethal Joke Character - Its poor accuracy can be shored up with an accuracy raising held item, the accuracy-boosting move Hone Claws (Coil also boosts accuracy, but nothing that learns that can also learn Focus Blast) or X Accuracy.
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