rise

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an increase in cost

   they asked for a 10% rise in rates

2. 2
   noun

   a movement upward

   they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

3. 3
   noun

   an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

   the car couldn't make it up the rise

4. 4
   verb

   return from the dead

   Christ is risen!

5. 5
   verb

   exert oneself to meet a challenge

   rise to a challenge

6. 6
   verb

   come up, of celestial bodies

   The sun also rises

7. 7
   verb

   To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

   We watched the balloon rise.

8. 8
   verb

   To increase in value or standing.

   Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Etymology

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Iris…