RISINGS
Noun
risings
plural of rising
Anagrams
• sirings
Proper noun
Risings
plural of Rising
Anagrams
• sirings
Source: Wiktionary
RISING
Ris"ing, a.
1. Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward
direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising
moon.
2. Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a
rising character.
Among the rising theologians of Germany. Hare.
3. Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life;
as, the rising generation.
Ris"ing, prep.
Definition: More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years
of age. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.]
Ris"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).
2. That which rises; a tumor; a boil. Lev. xiii. 10. Rising main
(Waterworks), the pipe through which water from an engine is
delivered to an elevated reservoir.
RISE
Rise, v. i. [imp. Rose; p. p. Risen; p. pr. & vb. n. Rising.] Etym:
[AS. risan; akin to OS. risan, D. rijzen, OHG. risan to rise, fall,
Icel. risa, Goth. urreisan, G. reise journey. CF. Arise, Raise, Rear,
v.]
1. 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.
(b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in
water, and the like.
(c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a
bullet rises in the air.
(d) To grow upward; to attain a certain heght; as, this elm rises to
the height of seventy feet.
(e) 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.
(f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from
a chair or from a fall.
(g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
He that would thrive, must rise by five. Old Proverb.
(h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the
sea.
(i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this
direction. "A rising ground." Dryden.
(j) To retire; to give up a siege.
He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone. Knolles.
(k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become
light, as dough, and the like.
2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically: --
(a) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the
like. "He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good." Matt. v.
45.
(b) 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.
(c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise
rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
(d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in
lakes or springs.
A scepter shall rise out of Israel. Num. xxiv. 17.
Honor and shame from no condition rise. Pope.
3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
Specifically: --
(a) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and
hence, of passion. "High winde . . . began to rise, high passions --
anger, hate." Milton.
(b) To become of higher value; to increase in price.
Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the ounce. Locke.
(c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the
like.
(d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
(e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
(f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond
his expectations.
4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: --
(a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up
arms; to rebel.
At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection. Milton.
No more shall nation against nation rise. Pope.
(b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel;
to succeed.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Shak.
(c) 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.
(d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative
natures. Spectator.
(e) To come; to offer itself.
There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book. Spenser.
5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
But now is Christ risen from the dead. 1. Cor. xv. 20.
6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee
rose after agreeing to the report.
It was near nine . . . before the House rose. Macaulay.
7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a
tone or semitone.
8. (Print.)
Definition: To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing
stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
Syn.
– To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.
– Rise, Appreciate. Some in America use the word appreciate for
"rise in value;" as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This
use is not unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is
undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and
appreciate has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be
confused with one so entirely different.
Rise, n.
1. The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
2. 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.
3. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood
on a rise of land. [Colloq.]
4. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart. R. Nelson.
5. Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a
planet. Shak.
6. 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. Sir W. Temple.
7. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
The ordinary rises and falls of the voice. Bacon.
8. Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise
of a tone or semitone.
9. The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of
the water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition