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Rize

name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
  2. 2
    A district of Rize Province, Turkey.
  3. 3
    A municipality, the capital of Rize district and Rize Province, Turkey.
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of rise. alt-of, obsolete

    "Thus long the dore with rage and threats he bet, Yet of those fearfull women none durst rize, The Lyon frayed them, him in to let: 165 He would no longer stay him to advize,[*] But open breakes the dore in furious wize, And entring is; when that disdainfull beast Encountring fierce, him suddaine doth surprize, And seizing cruell clawes on trembling brest, 170 Under his Lordly foot him proudly hath supprest."

  2. 2
    Eye dialect spelling of rise. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "Go on, lay me right here as I lay now; but I'll rize agen you, and the day'll come when you'd give every dollar ye're worth to dig me up, and give me life agen.""

Etymology

From Turkish Rize.

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