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Arise

//əˈɹaɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Arising, rising. obsolete

    "And if before the Sunne haue meaſured heauen With triple circuit thou regreet vs not, We meane to take his mornings next ariſe. For meſſenger, he will not be reclaim’d, And meane to fetch thee in deſpight of him."

Verb
  1. 1
    To come up from a lower to a higher position. intransitive

    "to arise from a kneeling posture"

  2. 2
    get up and out of bed wordnet
  3. 3
    To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. intransitive

    "He arose early in the morning."

  4. 4
    result or issue wordnet
  5. 5
    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. intransitive

    "A cloud arose and covered the sun."

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  1. 6
    move upward wordnet
  2. 7
    rise to one's feet wordnet
  3. 8
    take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance wordnet
  4. 9
    come into existence; take on form or shape wordnet
  5. 10
    originate or come into being wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English arisen, from Old English ārīsan (“to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), equivalent to a- + rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (“to arise, rise up, come into existence”), Middle Low German errīsen (“to stand up, arise”), Old High German irrīsan (“to rise up, fall”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (“to arise, originate, fly up”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English arisen, from Old English ārīsan (“to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), equivalent to a- + rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (“to arise, rise up, come into existence”), Middle Low German errīsen (“to stand up, arise”), Old High German irrīsan (“to rise up, fall”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (“to arise, originate, fly up”).

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