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Definition rise
Etymology 1
From Middle English risen, from Old English r?san (“to rise, stand up, rise together, be fit, be fitting, be becoming, be proper”), from Proto-Germanic *r?san? (“to rise, move vertically up or down, go”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?rey- (“to rise, arise”). See also raise.
Verb
rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen)
- (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- To move upwards.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- To slope upward.
- (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- (figuratively) To be resurrected.
- (figuratively) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
- To begin; to develop.
- To develop.
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
- To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
- (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
- To come; to offer itself.
- (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
Etymology 2
From the above verb.
Noun
rise (plural rises)
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
- (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- (informal) An angry reaction.
Etymology 3
From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hr?s, from Proto-Germanic *hr?s? (“twig; shoot”). More at rice.
Noun
rise (plural rises)
- Alternative form of rice (“twig”)
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