arise

English

Alternative forms

• arize (obsolete)

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪz/

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• Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

arise (third-person singular simple present arises, present participle arising, simple past arose, past participle arisen)

1. (intransitive) To come up from a lower to a higher position.

   to arise from a kneeling posture

2. (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

   He arose early in the morning.

3. (intransitive) 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.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Exodus 1:8:

     There arose up a new king […] which knew not Joseph.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:

     the doubts that in his heart arose

   • 1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 92, page 454:

     Because Plato allowed them to co-exist, the meaning and connotations of the one overlap those of the other, and ambiguities arise.

Synonyms

• (come up from a lower positon): rise, spring, stand up
• (come up from one's bed): awaken; see also Thesaurus:wake
• (spring up; to come into being): appear, emerge, originate, pop up (idiomatic), reappear (resume existing), surface; see also Thesaurus:come into being
• (spring up; to come into action): come about, come to pass, occur; see also Thesaurus:happen

Related terms

• arisal

Translations

Noun

arise (plural arises)

1. (obsolete) Arising, rising.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:

     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.

References

• “arise”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “arise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, raise, reais, serai

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: arisent, arises

Verb

arise

1. inflection of ariser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative