Rise (rīz)1, v. i.
(rīz), v. i. [imp. ROSE; p. p. RISEN; p. pr. & vb. n. RISING.] [A-S. rísan, arísan, O. Sax. rísan, Goth. reisan, ar-reisan, O. Fries. & Icel. rísa, D. rijzen, to rise; O. H. Ger. & Icel. reisa, Sw. resa, Dan. rejse, D. reizen, N. H. Ger. reisen*, to travel. Cf. ARISE and RAISE.]
Sense 1. To move or pass from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up; to become elevated; to attain a height; as, (a.) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait. (b.) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases in air, cork in water, clouds from the horizon, and the like. (c.) To grow upward; to attain a given height; as, a tree rises a hundred feet. (d.) To reach a higher level in any confined space by increase of bulk or quantity; as, a river rises in its bed. (e.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair, or from a fall. (f.) To leave one’s bed; to arise; as, to rise early. “He that would thrive, must rise by five.” Old Proverb. (g.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea. “A rising ground.” Dryden. (h.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or a surface rises in this or that direction. (i.) To retire; to give up a siege. “He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone.” Knolles. (j.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Sense 2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising; as, (a.) To seem to rise; to become more conspicuous by occupying a more elevated position; often, to appear above the horizon, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. “He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good.” Matt. v. 45. (b.) Hence, to become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore. (c.) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
A scepter shall rise out of Israel. Num. xxiv. 17.
Honor and shame from no condition rise. Pope.
A nobler gratitude Rose in her soul. Otway.
Sense 3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax; as, (a.) To increase in power or fury;—said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion. “High winds began to rise.” Milton. (b.) To become of higher price;—said of salable commodities. “Bullion is risen to six shillings and five pence the ounce.” Locke. (c.) To become larger; to swell;—said of a boil, tumor, and the like. (d.) To increase in intensity;—said of heat. (e.) To become louder, or higher in pitch;—said of the voice. (f.) To increase in amount; to enlarge;—said of debt or expense; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
Sense 4. Hence, in various figurative senses; as, (a.) To become excited, opposed, or hostile.
At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection. Milton.
No more shall nation against nation rise. Pope.
(b.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed. “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Shak. (c.) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power;—said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest. (d.) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. “A thought rose in me which often perplexes men of contemplative natures.” Addison. (e.) To come to hand; to offer itself.
There chanced to the prince’s hand to rise An ancient book. Spenser.
Sense 5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life; to revive.
But now is Christ risen from the dead. 1 Cor. xv. 20.
Sense 6. To close a session; to adjourn; as, Congress will rise on the third of March.
Sense 7. (Mus.) To ascend on the diatonic scale; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
Sense 8. (Print.) To be capable of being safely raised from the imposing stone;—said of a form from which, when it is lifted, none of the types drop out.
Synonyms—To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.—RISE, APPRECIATE. Some in America use the word appreciate for “rise in value;” as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, &c. This is never done in England, and by only a few in this country. It is undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be encroached upon by one so entirely diverse.