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risen

Variant of rise

intransitive verb rose, risen , rising

  1. to stand or assume a vertical or more nearly vertical position, after sitting, kneeling, or lying to get up after sleeping or resting to rebel; revolt to end an official assembly or meeting; adjourn to rise from the dead; resurrect
  2. to go to a higher place or position; ascend to appear above the horizon: the moon rose to attain greater height or a higher level: the river rose rapidly to advance in social status, rank, importance, etc.; become rich, famous, successful, etc. to become erect or rigid to form an elevation; extend upward: the tower rising above the trees to have an upward incline or slant: hills rising steeply to move upward to the surface of the water, as a fish seeking to take a fly, bait, etc.
  3. to increase in amount, degree, quantity, price, etc. to increase in volume of sound; become louder, shriller, etc. to become stronger, more vivid, more buoyant, etc.: his spirits rose to become larger and puffier: used esp. of dough containing yeast
  4. to originate, begin, or spring up to have its source: said of a stream to happen; occur to become apparent to the senses or the mind: land rising ahead of the ship to be stirred up; become aroused: to make someone's temper rise to be built: a house rising on the hill

transitive verb

to cause to rise, as birds from cover or a fish to the surface of the water

noun

  1. the actual or refracted appearance of the sun, moon, etc. above the horizon
  2. upward movement; ascent
  3. an advance in social status, rank, importance, etc.
  4. the appearance of a fish at the water's surface
  5. a piece of high or rising ground; hill
  6. a slope upward
  7. the vertical height of something, as of a flight of stairs or a single step
  8. an increase in
    1. height, as of water level
    2. volume or pitch of a sound
    3. degree, amount, price, value, etc.
  9. a beginning, origin, springing up, etc.
  10. Brit. a raise (in wages, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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