Rise

rīz, v.i. to move from a lower to a higher position: to stand up: to ascend: to grow upward: to swell in quantity or extent: to take an upright position: to leave the place of rest: to tower up: to appear above the horizon: to break forth: to appear: to have its source: to increase in size, value, .: to become excited or hostile: to break forth into commotion or insurrection: to increase in rank, fortune, or fame: to be promoted: to be perceptible to other senses: to excavate upward: to come to mind: to close a se ion: ( B. ) to ascend from the grave:— pa.t. rōse; pa.p. risen (riz′n). — n. act of rising: ascent: degree of elevation: a steep: origin: increase: ( arch it. ) the upright piece of a step from tread to tread: ( mining ) a shaft excavated from below: ( mus. ) elevation of the voice.— n. Rī′ser , a rebel: one who, or that which, rises.— Rise from the ranks , to win a commi ion; Rise to the occasion , to be equal to an emergency.— Take a rise out of , to take the conceit out of a person by making him ridiculous. [A.S. rísan ; Ice. rísa , Goth. reis an , Ger. reisen .]