Definition of rise

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Rise (v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (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..

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Cream :: Cream (n.) The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface..
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
Prise :: Prise (n. & v.) See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t..
Seconder :: Seconder (n.) One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion..
Rise :: Rise (v.) 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..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like..
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..
Upstart :: Upstart (n.) One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu..
Torricellian :: Torricellian (a.) Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower..
Larypgismus :: Larypgismus (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening..
Soul :: Soul (n.) The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army..
Mesprise :: Mesprise (n.) Contempt; scorn.
Enterprise :: Enterprise (n.) Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise..
Irises :: Irises (pl. ) of Iri.
Mutiny :: Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..
Subtilization :: Subtilization (n.) The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.
Productive :: Productive (a.) Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air..
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