Rising

p. a. 1. Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character.

2Sense 2. Growing; advancing to adult years, and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation.

One of the ablest among the rising theologians of Germany. Hare.

3Sense 3. More than; exceeding; older than; as, a horse rising six years of age. [Colloq. and low. U. S.]

n. 1. The act of rising. 2. A morbid tumor; a boil. Lev. xiii. 10.