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English Dictionary: arise by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arise
v
  1. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
    Synonym(s): originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
  2. originate or come into being; "a question arose"
    Synonym(s): arise, come up, bob up
  3. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
    Synonym(s): arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up
    Antonym(s): lie, lie down, sit, sit down
  4. result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
    Synonym(s): arise, come up
  5. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
    Synonym(s): rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
    Antonym(s): come down, descend, fall, go down
  6. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
    Synonym(s): rebel, arise, rise, rise up
  7. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
    Synonym(s): get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise
    Antonym(s): bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arise \A*rise"\, n.
      Rising. [Obs.] --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arise \A*rise"\ ([adot]*r[imac]z"), v. i. [imp. {Arose}
      (-r[omac]z"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arising}; p. p. {Arisen}
      (-r[icr]z"'n).]. [AS. [be]r[c6]san; [be] (equiv. to Goth.
      us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + r[c6]san to rise; cf.
      Goth. urreisan to arise. See {Rise}.]
      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.
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