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  1. intransitive verb To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. intransitive verb To get out of bed: rose at dawn.
  3. intransitive verb To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend: Hot air rises.
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  • At the base of the rise was the beginning of a series of sharp, jungle-covered foothills that twisted their way up into the massif. —  Chickenhawk
  • Below us to the west of the rise was the flat plain where the tents of the Hydlenese forces were set out. —  The Death of Chaos
  • Above the rise was a darkness in the distance, with a greenish cast. —  The Chaos Balance
  • Faith ran her finger down them slowly. —  Hiding in the Shadows
  • Beyond the rise was a busy part of the city. —  Invasion
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan; see er-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English rīsen, ry¯sen (preterit ros, roos, earlier ras, plural risen, rise, resin, reson, past participle risen, risin), from Anglo-Saxon rīsan (preterit rās, plural rison, past participle risen), rise, = Old Saxon rīsan = OFries. rīsa, rise, = Dutch rijzen, rise or fall, = Middle Low German Low German risen = Old High German rīsan, Middle High German rīsen, rise or fall, = Icelandic rīsa = Gothic (Moesogothic) *reisan (preterit *rais, past participle risans), in comp. urreisan (= Anglo-Saxon ārīsan, English arise); orig. expressive of vertical motion either up or down, but in English confined to upward motion. The Old High German reisōn, Middle High German G. reisen (= Swedish resa = Danish reise), travel, is from the noun, Old High German reisa, Middle High German reise, a setting out, expedition, journey, German reise (= Swedish resa = Danish reise), a journey, from Old High German rīsan, Middle High German rīsen, rise.
  2. First in modern English; from rise, v.
  3. Also rice, Scots reise; from Middle English rīs, rys, from Anglo-Saxon hrīs, a twig, branch, = Dutch rijs = Old High German hrīs, rīs, Middle High German rīs, German reis = Icelandic hrīs = Swedish Danish ris, a twig, branch, rod.
 

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