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1. Come into existence; take on form or shape
   "A new religious movement arose in that country";
   - originate, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
    
2. Come to attention or become relevant
   "a question arose";
   - come up, bob up
    
3. Get on one's feet from a sitting or kneeling position
   "The audience arose and applauded";
   - rise, uprise, get up, stand up
    
4. Result or issue
   "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion";
   - come up
    
5. Move upward
   "The smoke arose from the forest fire";
   - rise, lift, move up, go up, come up, uprise
    
6. Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
   - rebel, rise, rise up
    
7. Get up and out of bed
   "I arise at 7 A.M. every day";
   - get up, turn out, uprise, rise

Derived forms: arising, arose, arises, arisen

See also: stand

Type of: become, change posture, come about, dissent, fall out, go, go on, hap [archaic], happen, locomote, move, occur, pass, pass off, protest, resist, take place, travel

Encyclopedia: Arise, O Compatriots