RISE
\ɹˈa͡ɪz], \ɹˈaɪz], \ɹ_ˈaɪ_z]\
Definitions of RISE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
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come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
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an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
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increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
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rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
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come to the surface
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be promoted, move to a better position
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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a growth in strength or number or importance
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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(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"
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
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become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
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exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
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become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
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increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
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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"
By Princeton University
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move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
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come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
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an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
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increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
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rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
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come to the surface
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be promoted, move to a better position
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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a growth in strength or number or importance
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Rising.
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To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
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To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
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To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
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To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
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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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To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
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To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
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To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
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To retire; to give up a siege.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
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To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
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To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
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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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To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
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To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
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To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
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To become of higher value; to increase in price.
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To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
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To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
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In various figurative senses.
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To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
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To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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To come; to offer itself.
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To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
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To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
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To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
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The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
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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.
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Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
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Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
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Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
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Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
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Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
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Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
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The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
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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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To increase in power or fury; - said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
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To increase in intensity; - said of heat.
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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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To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; - said of a form.
By Oddity Software
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Rising.
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To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
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To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
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To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
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To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
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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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To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
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To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
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To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
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To retire; to give up a siege.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
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To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
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To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
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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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To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
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To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
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To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
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To become of higher value; to increase in price.
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To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
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To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
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In various figurative senses.
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To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
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To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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To come; to offer itself.
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To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
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To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
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To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
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The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
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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.
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Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
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Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
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Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
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Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
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Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
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Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
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The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
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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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To increase in power or fury; - said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
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To increase in intensity; - said of heat.
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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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To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; - said of a form.
By Noah Webster.
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Rising.
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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; get up from kneeling, sitting, or lying down; swell in quantity, height, or extent; as, the river will rise; to increase in price, value, force, or ntensity; as, his ire rose; appear above the horizon; come into existence; originate; be promoted; rebel; as, they fear that the natives will rise; ascend from the grave.
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The act of going up; ascent; distance anything goes up; a place higher than the land around it; act of beginning to appear; origin; source; increase in price, value, force, etc.; advance in rank, power, or distinction.
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Rose.
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Risen.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To move from a lower to a higher position: to ascend: to grow upward: to swell in quantity or extent: to take an upright position: to leave the place of rest: to tower up: to appear above the horizon: to break forth: to appear: to have its source: to increase in size, value, etc.: to become excited or hostile: to break forth into commotion or insurrection: to increase in rank, fortune, or fame: to come to mind: to close a session: (B.) to ascend from the grave:-pa.t. rose; pa.p. risen.
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Act of rising: ascent: degree of elevation: a steep: origin: increase: advance: (mus.) elevation of the voice.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of rising; ascent; increase; origin.
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To move to a higher position; ascend; leave a place of rest; appear; increase in price, rauk, &c.; have its source; break forth.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. Act of rising; ascent; -distance through which any thing rises;-that which rises or seems to rise; an acclivity; a steep; an elevation;— spring; source; origin increase; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, &c.;— increase of sound;— elevation or ascent of the voice.
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