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Arise   /ərˈaɪz/   Listen
Arise

verb
(past arose; past part. arisen; pres. part. arising)
1.
Come into existence; take on form or shape.  Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise.  "A love that sprang up from friendship" , "The idea for the book grew out of a short story" , "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
2.
Originate or come into being.  Synonyms: bob up, come up.
3.
Rise to one's feet.  Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise.  Antonyms: lie down, sit down.
4.
Result or issue.  Synonym: come up.
5.
Move upward.  Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise.  "The smoke arose from the forest fire" , "The mist uprose from the meadows"  Antonym: fall.
6.
Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance.  Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up.
7.
Get up and out of bed.  Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise.  "They rose early" , "He uprose at night"  Antonyms: go to bed, turn in.






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"Arise" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been sleeping securely, until such time as Aurora began to gild the firmament with her bright rays, and to usher in Phoebus's golden light, when suddenly a terrific noise, which seemed to arise from some deep abyss, and to be about to rend the rocks asunder, assailed ...
— The Seven Champions of Christendom • W. H. G. Kingston

... Assembly elections: House of Lords - no elections (note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain there; pending further reforms, elections are held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise); House of Commons - last held 7 June 2001 (next to be held by NA May 2006) election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Labor 42.1%, Conservative and Unionist 32.7%, Liberal Democrats 18.8%, other 6.4%; seats by party ...
— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... ordinary charity in the church, and an honest behaviour in the world, and limit yourselves within those bounds; feeling little or no concern upon your spirits, for the glory of the Lord in the prosperity of his truth in the earth, more than to be glad that others succeed in such service. Arise ye in the name and power of the Lord Jesus! Behold how white the fields are unto harvest, in this and other nations, and how few able and faithful labourers there are to work therein! Your country-folks, neighbours, and kindred, want ...
— A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers • William Penn

... sculptures, will render evident. [PLATE IX., Fig. 6.] The head was covered with short crisp curls; the eye was large, the nose and mouth nearly in the same line, the lips thick. Such a physiognomy as the Babylonian appears to have been would naturally arise from an intermixture of a race like the Assyrian with one resembling that which the later sculptures represent as ...
— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon • George Rawlinson

... the evening; anxious thoughts kept the captives awake. But after all was silent in the inn, Isabel heard a gentle tap at the chamber-door. In a state of agitation, every sound is alarming. She listened, and heard Barton whisper, "Arise." Before she could open the door, the watchful Eustace had flown to their protection. Barton was closely muffled in his cloak, and inquired if they dared to trust themselves with him. Constantia drew ...
— The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 - An Historical Novel • Jane West


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