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- verb archaic Third-person singular present simple form of
rise
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Examples
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‘Hah! what awful form art thou that risest from the dusky earth before me?
Chapter 5 - Part X 1822
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And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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Ha! thou hearest something — a footstep; a swift but heavy footstep! thou risest, thou tremblest, there is a hand on the pin of the outer door, there is some one in the vestibule, and now the door of thy apartment opens, there is a reflection on the mirror behind thee, a travelling hat, a gray head and sunburnt face.
Lavengro 2004
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When thou risest from sleep with reluctance, remember that it is according to thy constitution and according to human nature to perform social acts, but sleeping is common also to irrational animals.
The Meditations 2004
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IN THE morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present — I am rising to the work of a human being.
The Meditations 2004
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Oh thou, when thou risest up and goest thy way, speak to me, only say: The star rose between us.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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Thimbraeus here, Phoebus there, now archer, now physician, father of poetry, inventor of music; thou that always risest and, notwithstanding appearances, never settest!
Don Quixote 2002
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Thou goest beyond them: but the higher thou risest, the smaller doth the eye of envy see thee.
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And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deuteronomy 6. 1999
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