| Rise (rise) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Rise |
| [imp.
Rose (?); p. p. Risen (?); p.
pr. *** vb. n. Rising.] [AS. r&imacr]san; akin
to OS. r***imacr]san, D. rijzen, OHG. r***imacr]san
t |
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.
To have the aspect or the effect of
rising.
To increase in size, force, or value; to
proceed toward a climax.
In various figurative senses.
To ascend from the grave; to come to
life.
To terminate an official sitting; to
adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the
report.
To ascend on a musical scale; to take a
higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
To be lifted, or to admit
of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the
type; -- said of a form.
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The
act of rising, or the state of being risen.
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.
Land which is somewhat higher than the
rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
Spring; source; origin; as, the rise
of a stream.
Appearance above the horizon; as, the
rise of the sun or of a planet.
Increase; advance; augmentation, as of
price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
Increase of sound; a swelling of the
voice.
Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward
change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
The spring of a fish to seize food (as a
fly) near the surface of the water.
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| Rise (rise) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Rise |
| [See Rise,
v. i.] |
To go up; to ascend;
to climb; as, to rise a hill.
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.
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