ARISE

arise, come up

(verb) result or issue; “A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion”

rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise

(verb) move upward; “The fog lifted”; “The smoke arose from the forest fire”; “The mist uprose from the meadows”

arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up

(verb) rise to one’s feet; “The audience got up and applauded”

rebel, arise, rise, rise up

(verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

(verb) 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”

arise, come up, bob up

(verb) originate or come into being; “a question arose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

arise (third-person singular simple present arises, present participle arising, simple past arose, past participle arisen)

To come up from a lower to a higher position.

To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

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.

Synonyms

• (come up from a lower positon): rise, spring, stand up

• (come up from one's bed): awaken; see also wake

• (spring up; to come into being): appear, emerge, originate, pop up (idiomatic), reappear (resume existing), surface; see also come into being

• (spring up; to come into action): come about, come to pass, occur; see also happen

Anagrams

• Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, raise, reais, serai

Source: Wiktionary


A*rise", v. i. [imp. Arose; p. pr. & vb. n. Arising; p. p. Arisen.]. Etym: [AS. arisan; a (equiv. to Goth. us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + risan to rise; cf. Goth. urreisan to arise. See Rise.]

1. 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.

2. 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. Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

3. To proceed; to issue; to spring. Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. Milton.

A*rise", n.

Definition: Rising. [Obs.] Drayton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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