Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To get up, as from a sitting or prone position; rise.
- intransitive verb To awaken and get up.
- intransitive verb To move upward; ascend.
- intransitive verb To come into being; originate.
- intransitive verb To result, issue, or proceed: synonym: stem.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling, or from a posture or state of repose, as from sleep or the grave: as, the audience arose and remained standing.
- To get up from a sitting or session, as of a court; suspend sittings for a time; adjourn: as, the court arose at 4 o'clock.
- To spring up from, or as from, the ground; ascend; mount or move from a lower to a higher place: as, vapors arise from humid ground.
- To come into view, as from a hiding-place; specifically, to appear, as the sun or a star, above the horizon: hence, to begin, or be ushered in, as the day.
- To come into being or action; come into existence or play; start into prominence or activity; appear; come upon the scene: as, a false prophet has arisen; a great wind arose; a cry arose.
- To have a beginning or origin; originate.
- To come or spring up incidentally, as anything requiring attention: as, other cases can be attended to as they arise.
- To rise in hostility; rebel: with against: as, the men arose against their officers.
- [In senses 1–4, 6 , and 8, rise is now more common.]
- noun Rising.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Rising.
- intransitive verb 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
- intransitive verb 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 verb To proceed; to issue; to spring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
get up . - verb To start to
exist . - verb To
resume existing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb come into existence; take on form or shape
- verb move upward
- verb originate or come into being
- verb result or issue
- verb rise to one's feet
- verb take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- verb get up and out of bed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, challenges arise from the incomplete understanding of the model-error.
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However, challenges arise from the incomplete understanding of the model-error.
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Given the possibility of some topical variances here therefore, the question that might arise is whether this is, as is being reported in the aforementioned news sources, an intended denial of the contents of Tornielli's report, or whether it is not a denial, but rather a pre-emptive assurance, on the heels of Tornielli's story, that there are no formal changes to the liturgical books presently planned.
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The other problems the Democrats 'congressional wing has created for the party arise from the work plan it has pursued over the last two years.
Democrats Pin Hopes on Obama Gerald F. Seib 2010
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Such a situation could only arise from a limited number of circumstances; either Mr. KENT was discharged due to physical injuries which precluded any further military service (active duty or reserve duty), or he was discharged under conditions/circumstances which involved disciplinary action.
grafton loola KENT 2010
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The problems arise from the court documents the banks and the mortgage servicers file when pursuing foreclosures.
Ray Brescia: Enough: Rampant Fraud in Foreclosures Means It's High Time for a National Foreclosure Moratorium Ray Brescia 2010
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The problems arise from the court documents the banks and the mortgage servicers file when pursuing foreclosures.
Ray Brescia: Enough: Rampant Fraud in Foreclosures Means It's High Time for a National Foreclosure Moratorium Ray Brescia 2010
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The problems arise from the court documents the banks and the mortgage servicers file when pursuing foreclosures.
Ray Brescia: Enough: Rampant Fraud in Foreclosures Means It's High Time for a National Foreclosure Moratorium Ray Brescia 2010
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The problems arise from the court documents the banks and the mortgage servicers file when pursuing foreclosures.
Ray Brescia: Enough: Rampant Fraud in Foreclosures Means It's High Time for a National Foreclosure Moratorium Ray Brescia 2010
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In some of the gravest war-crime charges to arise from the Afghan conflict, five soldiers have been accused of killing unarmed Afghan men, apparently for sport, and desecrating their corpses.
Brigade's strategy: 'Strike and destroy' Craig Whitlock 2010
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