Arise

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arise \A*rise"\, n.
     Rising. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Arise \A*rise"\ ([.a]*r[imac]z"), v. i. [imp. {Arose}
     (-r[=o]z"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arising}; p. p. {Arisen}
     (-r[i^]z"'n).]. [AS. [=a]r[imac]san; [=a] (equiv. to Goth.
     us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + r[imac]san 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.
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     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.
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              There arose up a new king . . . which knew not
              Joseph.                               --Ex. i. 8.
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              The doubts that in his heart arose.   --Milton.
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     3. To proceed; to issue; to spring.
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              Whence haply mention may arise
              Of something not unseasonable to ask. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arise
       v 1: 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" [syn: {originate}, {rise}, {develop}, {uprise},
            {spring up}, {grow}]
       2: originate or come into being; "aquestion arose" [syn: {come
          up}, {bob up}]
       3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
          [syn: {rise}, {uprise}, {get up}, {stand up}] [ant: {sit
          down}, {lie down}]
       4: occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
          [syn: {come up}]
       5: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
          forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: {rise},
           {lift}, {move up}, {go up}, {come up}, {uprise}] [ant: {descend}]
       6: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn:
           {rebel}, {rise}, {rise up}]
       7: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
          rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: {get up}, {turn
          out}, {uprise}, {rise}] [ant: {go to bed}, {go to bed}]
       [also: {arose}, {arisen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  169 Moby Thesaurus words for "arise":
     accrue from, appear, approach, arise from, ascend, aspire, awake,
     bail out, be born, be contingent on, be due to, become,
     become manifest, become visible, begin, break cover, break forth,
     break out, bristle, bud from, burst forth, chance, climb, cock up,
     come, come along, come forth, come forward, come from,
     come in sight, come into being, come into existence, come on,
     come out, come out of, come to be, come to hand, come to light,
     come up, commence, crop out, crop up, curl upwards, debouch,
     depend on, derive from, descend from, disembogue, draw on, effuse,
     emanate, emanate from, emerge, emerge from, ensue, ensue from,
     enter, erupt, extrude, fade in, flow, flow from, follow,
     follow from, germinate from, get to be, get up, go up,
     greet the day, grow from, grow out of, grow up, hang on,
     have origin, head, heave in sight, hinge on, hit the deck, insurge,
     insurrect, irrupt, issue, issue forth, issue from, jump out,
     jump up, levitate, lift, look forth, loom, materialize, mount,
     mount the barricades, mutineer, mutiny, originate, originate in,
     outcrop, overthrow, peep out, pile out, pop up, present itself,
     proceed, proceed from, protrude, ramp, rear, rear its head,
     rear up, rebel, reluct, reluctate, revolt, revolute, revolution,
     revolutionize, riot, rise, rise up, roll out, run riot, sally,
     sally forth, see the light, show, show up, sit bolt upright,
     sit up, soar, spiral, spire, spring from, spring up, sprout from,
     stand up, start, start up, stem, stem from, stick up, stream forth,
     strike, strike the eye, subvert, succeed, surface, surge, swarm up,
     sweep up, take birth, take rise, tower, turn on, turn out, turn up,
     up, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uprear, uprise, upspin, upstream,
     upsurge, upswarm, upwind, vise, wake up