arise

See also: ärise and arisé

English

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Etymology

From Middle English arisen, from Old English ārīsan (to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (to rise up, arise), equivalent to a- + rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (to arise, rise up, come into existence), Middle Low German errīsen (to stand up, arise), Old High German irrīsan (to rise up, fall), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, to arise). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (to arise, originate, fly up).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɹaɪz/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

arise (third-person singular simple present arises, present participle arising, simple past arose, past participle arisen)

  1. To come up from a lower to a higher position.
    to arise from a kneeling posture
  2. To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
    He arose early in the morning.
  3. 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.
    A cloud arose and covered the sun.

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Noun

arise (plural arises)

  1. (obsolete) Arising, rising.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. [] The First Part [], part 1, 2nd edition, London: [] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
      And if before the Sunne haue meaſured heauen
      With triple circuit thou regreet vs not,
      We meane to take his mornings next ariſe.
      For meſſenger, he will not be reclaim’d,
      And meane to fetch thee in deſpight of him.

References

  • arise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • arise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

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Verb

arise

  1. inflection of ariser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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