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Common
verb
•
To
move
, or
appear
to
move
,
physically
upwards
relative
to the
ground
.
To
move
upwards.
To
grow
upward; to
attain
a certain
height
.
To
slope
upward.
To
appear
to
move
upwards from behind the
horizon
of a
planet
as a result
of the
planet
's
rotation
.
To become
erect
; to
assume
an
upright
position
.
To
leave
one's
bed
; to
get up
.
To be
resurrected
.
To
terminate
an
official
sitting
; to
adjourn
.
•
To increase in value or
standing
.
To
attain
a higher
status
.
Of a
quantity
,
price
, etc; to increase.
To become
more and more
dignified
or
forcible
; to increase in
interest
or power; said of
style
,
thought
, or
discourse
.
To
ascend
on a
musical scale
; to take a higher
pitch
.
•
To
begin
, to
develop
; to be
initiated
.
To become
active
,
effective
or
operational
,
especially
in
response
to an
external
or
internal
stimulus
.
To
develop
.
To
swell
or
puff up
in the process of
fermentation
; to become
light
.
To have its
source
(in a
particular
place
).
To become
perceptible
to the
senses
,
other than
sight
.
To become
agitated
,
opposed
, or
hostile
; to
go to war
; to
take up arms
; to
rebel
.
To
come to mind
; to be
suggested
; to
occur
.
•
To
go up
; to
ascend
; to
climb
.
•
To
cause
to
go up
or
ascend
.
•
To
retire
; to
give up
a
siege
.
•
To come
; to
offer
itself.
•
In Printing:
To be
lifted
, or
capable
of being
lifted
, from the
imposing stone
without
dropping
any of the
type
; said of a form.
noun
•
The process of or an
action
or
instance
of
moving
upwards or becoming
greater
.
•
The process of or an
action
or
instance
of
coming to
prominence
.
•
In British English:
An increase (in a
quantity
,
price
, etc).
•
The
amount
of
material
extending
from
waist
to
crotch
in a
pair
of
trousers
or
shorts
.
•
In Australian English, British English & Irish English:
An increase in
someone's
pay
rate
; a
raise
(US).
•
In Sussex English:
A
small
hill
; used
chiefly
in
place names
.
•
An
area
of
terrain
that
tends
upward
away
from the
viewer
,
such that
it
conceals
the
region
behind it; a
slope
.
•
An
angry
reaction
.
•
In Architecture:
The
height
of an
arch
.
•
Alternative
form of
rice
(“twig”)
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risen
Middle English (1100-1500)
risan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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