Verb: arise (arose,arisen) u'rIz
- Get on one's feet from a sitting or kneeling position
"The audience arose and applauded";
- rise, uprise [archaic, literary], get up, stand up
- Come into existence; take on form or shape
"A new religious movement arose in that country";
- originate, rise, develop, uprise [archaic, literary], spring up, grow
- Come to attention or become relevant
"a question arose";
- come up, bob up
- Result or issue
"A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion";
- come up
- Get up and out of bed
"I arise at 7 A.M. every day";
- get up, turn out, uprise [archaic, literary], rise
- Move upward
"The smoke arose from the forest fire";
- rise, lift, move up, go up, come up, uprise [archaic, literary]
- Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
"The people arose against the oppressive regime";
- rebel, rise, rise up
Derived forms: arose, arisen, arises, arising
See also: travel
Type of: become, change posture, come about, dissent, exit, fall out, get out, go, go on, go out, hap [archaic], happen, leave, locomote, move, occur, pass, pass off, protest, resist, take place, travel
Encyclopedia: Arise, O Compatriots