Rise

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·v In various figurative senses.

II. Rise ·v To increase in intensity;

— said of heat.

III. Rise ·v To ascend from the grave; to come to life.

IV. Rise ·noun Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

V. Rise ·v To have the aspect or the effect of rising.

VI. Rise ·v To Come; to offer itself.

VII. Rise ·noun The act of rising, or the state of being risen.

VIII. Rise ·v To become of higher value; to increase in price.

IX. Rise ·noun Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.

X. Rise ·v To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.

XI. Rise ·v To Retire; to give up a siege.

XII. Rise ·v To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.

XIII. Rise ·v To come to mind; to be suggested; to Occur.

XIV. Rise ·v To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.

XV. Rise ·v To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.

XVI. Rise ·noun Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.

XVII. Rise ·v To leave one's bed; to Arise; as, to rise early.

XVIII. Rise ·v To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.

XIX. Rise ·noun The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.

XX. Rise ·v To increase in power or fury;

— said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.

XXI. Rise ·noun Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.

XXII. Rise ·v To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.

XXIII. Rise ·v To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.

XXIV. Rise ·v To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.

XXV. Rise ·v To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.

XXVI. Rise ·v To become larger; to Swell;

— said of a boil, tumor, and the like.

XXVII. Rise ·noun Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.

XXVIII. Rise ·noun Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.

XXIX. Rise ·v To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.

XXX. Rise ·v To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.

XXXI. Rise ·v To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to Rebel.

XXXII. Rise ·v To increase in amount; to Enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.

XXXIII. Rise ·v To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.

XXXIV. Rise ·add. ·vi To go up; to Ascend; to Climb; as, to rise a hill.

XXXV. Rise ·v To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type;

— said of a form.

XXXVI. Rise ·v To terminate an official sitting; to Adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.

XXXVII. Rise ·v To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to Excel; to Succeed.

XXXVIII. Rise ·v To have a beginning; to Proceed; to Originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.

XXXIX. Rise ·v 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.

XL. Rise ·noun 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.

XLI. Rise ·v 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.

XLII. Rise ·add. ·vi 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.

XLIII. Rise ·v 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.

XLIV. Rise ·v 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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