rise
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
media
music
printing
publishing
Etymology: From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin orior (“to rise”), Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarell, strife; contention, rivalry”) (whence Greek έριδα (érida, “feud”)), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Bulgarian ръст (rǎst, “size; stature; growth”), Czech růst (“growth”), Macedonian раст (rast, “growth, height”), Polish rost, wzrost (“growth”), Russian рост (rost, “growth”), Serbo-Croatian ра̑ст, rȃst (“growth”), Slovene rȃst (“growth”), Old Armenian յառնեմ (yaṙnem, “to arise, rise”) (whence Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to rise up”)), Persian رمبیدن (rombidan, “to collapse”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke”), Hittite 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣 (arāwanzi, “to rise”), Sanskrit ऋ (ṛ, “to rise”).
Inflected forms:
form: rises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: past
form: risen
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rised
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: rise
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: rise
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: rise
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: risest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: rosest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: rises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: riseth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: rise
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: rise
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: rise
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: rising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: risen
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rised
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: rose
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: rize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
Senses:
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We watched the balloon rise.
Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
The sun was rising in the East.
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to rise from a chair or from a fall
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,
In the morning, when we rise
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: he rose from the grave;   he is risen!
gloss: To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
It was near nine[…]before the House rose.
gloss: To increase in value or standing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
among the rising theologians of Germany
Caesar Enrico “Rico” Bandello is a hoodlum who rises swiftly in Chicago’s mob world, in the 1931 film “Little Caesar.” Played by Edward G. Robinson, Rico is tracked down by police and shot.
gloss: To increase in value or standing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
gloss: To increase in value or standing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
gloss: To increase in value or standing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to rise a tone or semitone
gloss: To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to rise to the occasion
Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.
As Patrick continued to goad me, I felt my temper rising towards the limits of my self control.
Professor Peter Crome, chair of the audit's steering group, said the report "provides further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up". While a few hospitals had risen to the challenge of improving patients' experiences, many have not, he said. The report recommends that all staff receive basic dementia awareness training, and staffing levels should be maintained to help such patients.
gloss: To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.
To-night the winds begin to rise
⁠And roar from yonder dropping day:
⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away,
The rooks are blown about the skies; […]
gloss: To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Has that dough risen yet?
gloss: To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.
gloss: To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower
gloss: To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: At our heels all hell should rise
 With blackest insurrection.
No more ſhall nation againſt nation riſe, / Nor ardent vvarriours meet vvith hateful eyes, […]
gloss: To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: A thought rose in me, which I believe very often perplexes […]men of contemplative natures.
gloss: To go up; to ascend; to climb.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to rise a hill
gloss: To cause to go up or ascend.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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
Until we rose the bark we could not pretend to call it a chase.
gloss: To retire; to give up a siege.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: He,[…] rising with small honour from Gunza,[…]was gone.
gloss: To come; to offer itself.
pos: verb
examples: There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, / An auncient booke, […]
gloss: To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
pos: verb
tags: dated
examples: One side of the form is now to be lifted from the stone just enough to allow the compositor to see whether it will rise or not but not so high as to let any loose letters drop out.
Synonyms: get up
increase
go up
Antonyms: descend
drop
fall
sink
set
be reduce
decrease
drop
fall
go down
Derived words: arise
a rising tide lifts all boats
God willing and the creek don't rise
Lord willing and the creek don't rise
overrise
rerise
riseable
rise above
rise and shine
rise from one's grave
rise from the ashes
rise from the dead
rise from the grave
rise over run
rise through the ranks
rise to the bait
rise to the challenge
rise to the occasion
rise up
rise with the lark
rise with the sun
rising action
rising damp
rising lark
rising line
rising main
rising of the lights
rising of the moon
rising seat
rising star
rising three
salt-rising bread
self-rising
self-rising flour
sitting-rising test
sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow
sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow morning
uprise
uprising
rise to the purple
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