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

  Rise \Rise\ (r[imac]z), v. i. [imp. {Rose} (r[=o]z); p. p.
     {Risen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rising}.] [AS. r[imac]san; akin to
     OS. r[imac]san, D. rijzen, OHG. r[imac]san to rise, fall,
     Icel. r[imac]sa, 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.
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        (b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in
            air, cork in water, and the like.
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        (c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting
            force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
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        (d) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this
            elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
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        (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.
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        (f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to
            rise from a chair or from a fall.
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        (g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
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                  He that would thrive, must rise by five. --Old
                                                    Proverb.
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        (h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far
            above the sea.
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        (i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises
            in this direction. "A rising ground." --Dryden.
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        (j) To retire; to give up a siege.
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                  He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . .
                  was gone.                         --Knolles.
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        (k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to
            become light, as dough, and the like.
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     2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically:
        
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        (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.
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        (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.
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        (c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as,
            a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
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        (d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as,
            rivers rise in lakes or springs.
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                  A scepter shall rise out of Israel. --Num. xxiv.
                                                    17.
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                  Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
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     3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a
        climax. Specifically: 
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        (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.
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        (b) To become of higher value; to increase in price.
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                  Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the
                  ounce.                            --Locke.
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        (c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor,
            and the like.
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        (d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
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        (e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
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        (f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses
            rose beyond his expectations.
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     4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: 
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        (a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war;
            to take up arms; to rebel.
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                  At our heels all hell should rise
                  With blackest insurrection.       --Milton.
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                  No more shall nation against nation rise.
                                                    --Pope.
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        (b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted;
            to excel; to succeed.
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                  Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
                                                    --Shak.
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        (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.
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        (d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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                  A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men
                  of contemplative natures.         --Spectator.
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        (e) To come; to offer itself.
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                  There chanced to the prince's hand to rise
                  An ancient book.                  --Spenser.
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     5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
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              But now is Christ risen from the dead. --1. Cor. xv.
                                                    20.
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     6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the
        committee rose after agreeing to the report.
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              It was near nine . . . before the House rose.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as,
        to rise a tone or semitone.
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     8. (Print.) 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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     Syn: To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.
  
     Usage: {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Risen \Ris"en\
     1. p. p. & a. from {Rise}. "Her risen Son and Lord." --Keble.
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     2. (Obs.) imp. pl. of {Rise}. --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rise
       n 1: a growth in strength or number or importance [ant: {fall}]
       2: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: {ascent},
           {ascension}, {ascending}]
       3: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
          make it up the rise" [syn: {ascent}, {acclivity}, {raise},
           {climb}, {upgrade}] [ant: {descent}]
       4: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
          balloon" [syn: {rising}, {ascent}, {ascension}] [ant: {fall}]
       5: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he
          got a wage hike" [syn: {raise}, {wage hike}, {hike}, {wage
          increase}, {salary increase}]
       6: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
          [syn: {upgrade}, {rising slope}]
       7: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn: {lift}]
       8: (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" [syn: {emanation}, {procession}]
       9: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
          [syn: {boost}, {hike}, {cost increase}]
       10: increase in price or value; "the news caused a general
           advance on the stock market" [syn: {advance}]
       v 1: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
            forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: {lift},
             {arise}, {move up}, {go up}, {come up}, {uprise}] [ant:
             {descend}]
       2: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed
          steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
          [syn: {go up}, {climb}]
       3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
          [syn: {arise}, {uprise}, {get up}, {stand up}] [ant: {sit
          down}, {lie down}]
       4: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: {lift}, {rear}]
       5: come to the surface [syn: {surface}, {come up}, {rise up}]
       6: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn: {heighten}]
       7: 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},
           {arise}, {develop}, {uprise}, {spring up}, {grow}]
       8: be promoted, move to a better position [syn: {move up}]
       9: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were
          lowered" [syn: {wax}, {mount}, {climb}] [ant: {wane}]
       10: 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}, {arise}, {uprise}] [ant: {go to bed}, {go to bed}]
       11: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the
           bestseller list" [syn: {jump}, {climb up}]
       12: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
           [syn: {prove}]
       13: become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard
           the good news"
       14: exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge";
           "rise to the occasion"
       15: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn:
            {rebel}, {arise}, {rise up}]
       16: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
           uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
           [syn: {come up}, {uprise}, {ascend}] [ant: {set}]
       17: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
           uprise" [syn: {resurrect}, {uprise}]
       [also: {rose}, {risen}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  risen
       adj : (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen
             sun"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  risen
       See {rise}

















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