to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise: He arose from his chair when she entered the room.
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to awaken; wake up: He arose at sunrise to get an early start to the beach.
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to move upward; mount; ascend: A thin curl of smoke arose lazily from the cabin.
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to come into being, action, or notice; originate; appear; spring up: New problems arise daily.
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to result or proceed; spring or issue (sometimes fol. by from): It is difficult to foresee the consequences that may arise from this action. After such destruction many problems in resettlement often arise.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME arisen, OE ārīsan; c. Goth ur-reisan.See a-3, rise]
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" [syn: originate]
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originate or come into being; "a question arose"
3.
rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [ant: sit, lie]
4.
result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
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move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise] [ant: come down]
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel]
7.
get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up] [ant: bed]
A*rise"\ ([.a]*r[imac]z"), v. i. [imp. Arose (-r[=o]z"); p. pr. & vb. n. Arising; p. p. Arisen (-r[i^]z"'n).]. [AS. [=a]r[=i]san; [=a] (equiv. to Goth. us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + r[=i]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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