arise
Plural: arises
Verb
Verb Forms: arose, arisen, arising, arises
- To emerge, get up, or begin to exist.
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- originate or come into being
- rise to one's feet
- result or issue
- move upward
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- get up and out of bed
- To come up from a lower to a higher position.
- To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
- 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.
Noun
- Arising, rising.
Examples
- A cloud arose and covered the sun.
- Great opportunities for a bingo can arise from a messy board.
- He arose early in the morning.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
bob up, come up, develop, get up, go up, grow, lift, move up, originate, rebel, rise, rise up, spring up, stand up, turn out, uprise, appear, awaken, come about, come into being, come to pass, emerge, happen, occur, pop up, reappear, see Thesaurus:wake, spring, surface
Antonyms
fall, go to bed, lie down, sit down, turn in
Scrabble Score: 5
arise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordarise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
arise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary