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Word: Rise
Speech Type: Verb
Old English rīsan ‘make an attack’, ‘wake, get out of bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijzen and German reisen
rʌɪz
move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up
Short Definition:move from lower position to higher one
Examples:- the tiny aircraft rose from the ground
get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling
Short Definition:get up from lying or kneeling
Examples:- she pushed back her chair and rose
cease to be submissive, obedient, or peaceful
Short Definition:cease to be submissive or peaceful
Examples:- the activists urged militant factions to rise up
(of a river) have its source
Short Definition:(of river) have its source
Examples:- the Euphrates rises in Turkey
(of land or a natural feature) incline upwards; become higher
Short Definition:(of land or natural feature) incline upwards
Examples:- the moorlands rise and fall in gentle folds
increase in number, size, amount, or degree
Short Definition:increase in number, size or degree
Examples:- land prices had risen
approaching (a specified age)
Short Definition:approaching
Examples:- she was thirty-nine rising forty
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