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- English Word Rise Definition To become of higher value; to increase in price.
- English Word Rise Definition To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
- English Word Rise Definition To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
- English Word Rise Definition To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
- English Word Rise Definition To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
- English Word Rise Definition In various figurative senses.
- English Word Rise Definition To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- English Word Rise Definition To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
- English Word Rise Definition 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.
- English Word Rise Definition To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- English Word Rise Definition To come; to offer itself.
- English Word Rise Definition To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
- English Word Rise Definition To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
- English Word Rise Definition To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
- English Word Rise Definition To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
- English Word Rise Definition The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
- English Word Rise Definition 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.
- English Word Rise Definition Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
- English Word Rise Definition Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
- English Word Rise Definition Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
- English Word Rise Definition Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
- English Word Rise Definition Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
- English Word Rise Definition Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
- English Word Rise Definition The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
- English Word Risen Definition of Rise
- English Word Risen Definition p. p. & a. from Rise.
- English Word Risen Definition Obs. imp. pl. of Rise.
- English Word Riser Definition One who rises; as, an early riser.
- English Word Riser Definition The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.
- English Word Riser Definition Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.