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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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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