Definition of Arise

1. Verb. Come into existence; take on form or shape. "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

Exact synonyms: Develop, Grow, Originate, Rise, Spring Up, Uprise
Related verbs: Develop
Generic synonyms: Become
Specialized synonyms: Resurge, Come Forth, Emerge, Come, Follow, Swell, Well Up, Head
Derivative terms: Growth, Origin, Origination, Origination, Originative

2. Verb. Originate or come into being. "A question arose"
Exact synonyms: Bob Up, Come Up
Generic synonyms: Become

3. Verb. Rise to one's feet. "Sam and Sue arise"; "The audience got up and applauded"
Exact synonyms: Get Up, Rise, Stand Up, Uprise
Specialized synonyms: Take The Floor
Generic synonyms: Change Posture
Antonyms: Lie Down, Sit Down
Derivative terms: Rise, Riser

4. Verb. Result or issue. "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
Exact synonyms: Come Up
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Specialized synonyms: Condense, Open, Open Up, Come Up

5. Verb. Move upward. "The mist uprose from the meadows"
Exact synonyms: Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Scend, Surge, Climb, Climb Up, Go Up, Mount, Soar, Soar Up, Soar Upwards, Surge, Zoom, Go Up, Rocket, Skyrocket, Bubble, Uplift, Chandelle, Steam, Ascend, Come Up, Rise, Uprise
Derivative terms: Lift, Rise, Rise, Rising
Antonyms: Fall
Also: Rise Up

6. Verb. Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance. "They arise "
Exact synonyms: Rebel, Rise, Rise Up
Generic synonyms: Dissent, Protest, Resist
Specialized synonyms: Revolt, Mutiny
Derivative terms: Rebel, Rebellion, Rising

7. Verb. Get up and out of bed. "Sam and Sue arise"; "He uprose at night"
Exact synonyms: Get Up, Rise, Turn Out, Uprise
Antonyms: Go To Bed, Turn In
Derivative terms: Rise, Riser

Definition of Arise

1. v. i. 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; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

2. n. Rising.

Definition of Arise

1. Verb. To get up. ¹

2. Verb. To start to exist. ¹

3. Verb. To resume existing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arise

1. to get up [v AROSE, ARISEN, ARISING, ARISES]

Medical Definition of Arise

1. 1. 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; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning. 2. 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; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. "There arose up a new king . . . Which knew not Joseph." (Ex. I. 8) "The doubts that in his heart arose." (Milton) 3. To proceed; to issue; to spring. "Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask." (Milton) Origin: AS. Arisan; a (equiv. To Goth. Us-, ur-, G. Er-, orig. Meaning out) + risan to rise; cf. Goth. Urreisan to arise. See Rise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arise

arillodes
arilloid
arillus
arils
ariolater
ariolaters
ariolation
ariose
ariosi
arioso
ariosos
ariot
aripiprazole
aripple
aris
arise (current term)
arised
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arises
ariseth
arish
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arishth
arising
arisings
arist
arista
aristae
aristarainite
aristarchies

Literary usage of Arise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore, Alfred Denis Godley (1910)
"STEVENSON) AWAKE, arise, thy light is come ; ' The nations, ... arise—the Gentiles, to thy ray, From ev' ry nook of earth shall cluster; And kings and ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"A conflict between the lot fori and the lea 'oci does not necessarily or properly arise. It is only in cases of rival claimants to property ..."

3. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1838)
"He concludes love to paro* pate of all three, to arise from a desire of that which is beautiful and fait, Ш defines it to be an action of the minde, ..."

4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"LITTLE had Mrs Dashwood or her daughters imagined, when they came first into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as ..."

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