arise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to get up and out of bed

   I arise every morning at sunrise.

2. 2
   verb

   to result or issue

   This mold arises when you don't clean the coffee maker properly.

3. 3
   verb

   to move upward

   The creature began to arise slowly from the murky depths.

4. 4
   verb

   to rise to one's feet

   I arose after we finished our prayer.

5. 5
   verb

   to take part in a rebellion

   The workers arose spontaneously.

6. 6
   verb

   to come into existence

   The phoenix arises from the ashes.

7. 7
   verb

   to originate or come into being

   The thought arose at a university in California in the early 20th century.

8. 8
   verb

   To come up from a lower to a higher position.

   to arise from a kneeling posture

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”).