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(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
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To come up from a lower to a higher position.
‘to arise from a kneeling posture’;
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To move upwards.
‘We watched the balloon rise.’;
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To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
‘He arose early in the morning.’;
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
‘This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.’;
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To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
‘A cloud arose and covered the sun.’;
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To slope upward.
‘The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.’;
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To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.
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(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
‘The sun was rising in the East.’;
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To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.
‘There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph.’; ‘The doubts that in his heart arose.’;
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To become erect; to assume an upright position.
‘to rise from a chair or from a fall’;
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To proceed; to issue; to spring.
‘Whence haply mention may ariseOf something not unseasonable to ask.’;
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To leave one's bed; to get up.
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Rising.
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(figurative) To be resurrected.
‘he rose from the grave;’; ‘he is risen!’;
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come into existence; take on form or shape;
‘A new religious movement originated in that country’; ‘a love that sprang up from friendship’; ‘the idea for the book grew out of a short story’; ‘An interesting phenomenon uprose’;
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(figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
‘The committee rose after agreeing to the report.’;
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originate or come into being;
‘aquestion arose’;
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(intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
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rise to one's feet;
‘The audience got up and applauded’;
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To attain a higher status.
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occur;
‘A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion’;
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Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
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move upward;
‘The fog lifted’; ‘The smoke arose from the forest fire’; ‘The mist uprose from the meadows’;
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To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
‘to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence;’; ‘a story rises in interest.’;
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
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To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
‘to rise a tone or semitone’;
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get up and out of bed;
‘I get up at 7 A.M. every day’; ‘They rose early’; ‘He uprose at night’;
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To begin; to develop.
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To develop.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
‘Has that dough risen yet?’;
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(of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
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To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
‘a noise rose on the air;’; ‘odour rises from the flower’;
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To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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(transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
‘to rise a hill’;
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(transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
‘to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water’; ‘to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it’;
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(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
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To come; to offer itself.
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To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
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The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
‘The rise of the tide.’; ‘There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.’; ‘Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.’;
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The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
‘The rise of the working class.’; ‘The rise of the printing press.’; ‘The rise of the feminists.’;
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An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
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The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
‘The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.’;
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An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
‘The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.’;
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(Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
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An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
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(informal) An angry reaction.
‘I knew that would get a rise out of him.’;
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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: - (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
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To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
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To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
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To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
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To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
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To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
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To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
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To increase in power or fury; - said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
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In various figurative senses.
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To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
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To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
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To become of higher value; to increase in price.
‘Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the ounce.’;
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To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
‘At our heels all hell should riseWith blackest insurrection.’; ‘No more shall nation against nation rise.’;
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To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
‘But now is Christ risen from the dead.’;
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To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
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To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
‘A scepter shall rise out of Israel.’; ‘Honor and shame from no condition rise.’;
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To become larger; to swell; - said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
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To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
‘Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.’;
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To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
‘It was near nine . . . before the House rose.’;
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To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
‘He that would thrive, must rise by five.’;
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To increase in intensity; - said of heat.
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To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; - said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
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To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
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To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
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To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
‘A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures.’;
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To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; - said of a form.
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To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
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To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
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To come; to offer itself.
‘There chanced to the prince's hand to riseAn ancient book.’;
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To retire; to give up a siege.
‘He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone.’;
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
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To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
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To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
‘Until we rose the bark we could not pretend to call it a chase.’;
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The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
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The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
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Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
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Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
‘All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart.’;
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Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
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Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
‘The rise or fall that may happen in his constant revenue by a Spanish war.’;
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Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
‘The ordinary rises and falls of the voice.’;
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Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
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The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
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a growth in strength or number or importance
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the act of changing location in an upward direction
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
‘the car couldn't make it up the rise’;
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a movement upward;
‘they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon’;
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the amount a salary is increased;
‘he got a 3% raise’; ‘he got a wage hike’;
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
‘the emanation of the Holy Spirit’; ‘the rising of the Holy Ghost’; ‘the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son’;
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an increase in cost;
‘they asked for a 10% rise in rates’;
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increase in price or value;
‘the news caused a general advance on the stock market’;
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move upward;
‘The fog lifted’; ‘The smoke arose from the forest fire’; ‘The mist uprose from the meadows’;
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increase in value or to a higher point;
‘prices climbed steeply’; ‘the value of our house rose sharply last year’;
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rise to one's feet;
‘The audience got up and applauded’;
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rise up;
‘The building rose before them’;
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come to the surface
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become more extreme;
‘The tension heightened’;
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come into existence; take on form or shape;
‘A new religious movement originated in that country’; ‘a love that sprang up from friendship’; ‘the idea for the book grew out of a short story’; ‘An interesting phenomenon uprose’;
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be promoted, move to a better position
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go up or advance;
‘Sales were climbing after prices were lowered’;
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get up and out of bed;
‘I get up at 7 A.M. every day’; ‘They rose early’; ‘He uprose at night’;
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rise in rank or status;
‘Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list’;
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increase in volume;
‘the dough rose slowly in the warm room’;
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become heartened or elated;
‘Her spirits rose when she heard the good news’;
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exert oneself to meet a challenge;
‘rise to a challenge’; ‘rise to the occasion’;
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
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come up, of celestial bodies;
‘The sun also rises’; ‘The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...’; ‘Jupiter ascends’;
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return from the dead;
‘Christ is risen!’; ‘The dead are to uprise’;