(Irregular preterit, past participle: arose, arisen).
1. To occur; SYN. come up.
2. To originate or come into being; SYN. come up, bob up.
3. To rise to one's feet; SYN. rise, get up, stand up.
1. To travel up,; SYN. go up.
2. Go back in order of genealogical succession
3. Become king or queen
4. Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
5. Slope upwards
6. Come up, of celestial bodies
7. Move to a better position in life or to a better job
1. To attach to a support
2. To fix onto a backing, setting, or support
3. To prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; SYN. put on.
4. To put up; SYN. launch.
(Homonym: raze, rays).
1. To activate or stir up.
2. To bet more than the previous player, in poker.
3. To bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project.
4. To cause to be heard or known; express or utter.
5. To cause to puff up with a leaven; of dough; SYN. leaven, prove.
6. To collect funds for a specific purpose.
7. To construct, build, or erect; SYN. erect, rear, set up, put up.
8. To create a disturbance, esp. by making a great noise.
9. To establish radio communications with.
10. To evoke or call forth; SYN. conjure, conjure up, invoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth.
11. (Bridge) To bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level.
12. To invigorate or heighten;,; SYN. lift.
13. To multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3.
14. To pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth.
15. To put forward for consideration or discussion; SYN. bring up.
16. To raise from a lower to a higher position; SYN. lift, elevate, get up, bring up.
17. To raise the level or amount of something.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: rose, risen).
1. To grow in volume, as under the influence of heat or fermentation; of substances.
2. To move upward; SYN. lift, arise, move up, go up, come up.
3. To grow or suddenly appear; SYN. lift, rear.
4. To become heartened or elated.
5. To come up, of celestial bodies; SYN. come up.
6. To increase in value; as of prices or numbers; SYN. climb, go up.
7. To increase in volume; of dough; SYN. prove.
8. To rise in rank or status; SYN. jump, climb up.
9. To straighten up.
10. To exert oneself to meet a challenge.
(Homonym: sore).
1. To fly upwards or high in the sky.
2. To go or move upward.
3. To rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage; SYN. soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom.
ETYM French ascension, Latin ascensio, from ascendere. Related to Ascend.
1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
2. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.
3. Specifically: the visible ascent of Jesus on the fortieth day after his resurrection.