English Explanatory Dictionary

arise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To come up from a lower to a higher position.
  2. To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
  3. 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
  1. Arising, rising.

Pronunciation

/əˈɹaɪz/ en-us-arise.ogg

Word forms

arise arises arising arose arisen arised arize

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

emerge originate pop up reappear surface come to pass occur rise spring stand up awaken see Thesaurus:wake appear come about

Related words

arisal

Derived words

arist rearise unarisen unarising

Translations

Afrikaans: opstaan Bulgarian: излизам Bulgarian: произлизам Cherokee: ᎠᏗᏗᎠ Danish: stå op Dutch: opstaan Esperanto: leviĝi Finnish: nousta French: se lever French: se relever Georgian: ადგომა German: sich erheben German: aufstehen Gothic: 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Greek: σηκώνομαι Hindi: उठना Hindi: खड़े होना Hungarian: felkel Hungarian: felemelkedik Interlingua: surger Interlingua: altiar se Irish: éirigh Old Irish: at·reig Italian: sorgere Latin: surgo Latin: enascor Latin: existo Middle English: arisen Norwegian Bokmål: stå opp Norwegian Nynorsk: stå opp Plautdietsch: oppstonen Portuguese: surgir Portuguese: levantar-se Portuguese: ascender Quechua: hatariy Romanian: ridica Romanian: scula Russian: встава́ть Russian: встать Scottish Gaelic: èirich Serbo-Croatian: ustati Spanish: surgir Spanish: levantarse Tocharian B: tsänk- Tok Pisin: kamap Turkish: kalkmak Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎎 Ukrainian: встава́ти
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