arise
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- Canada//əˈɹaɪz//
- Australia//əˈɹɑez//
- New Zealand/[əˈɹɑe̯z]/
To come up from a lower to a higher position.
verb
- 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.
A new challenge will arise every time you think you've solved the last one.
The issue began to arise when the team members couldn't agree on the plan.
Problems can arise unexpectedly, but we need to be prepared for them.
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”).
noun
- 1
obsoleteArising, rising.
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.
Forms
- plural
- arises
- past tense
- arose
- past participle
- arisen, arised, arose
- present participle
- arising
- third person singular
- arises
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