ARI'SE, v.i. s as z pret. arose; pp. arisen; Heb. 1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher place; as, vapors arise from humid places.2. To emerge from below the horizon; as, the sun or a star arises or rises.3. To get out of bed; to leave the place or state of rest; or to leave a sitting or lying posture.The king arose early and went to the den. Dan. 6.4. To begin; to spring up; to originate.A persecution arose about Stephen. Act. 11.5. To revive from death; to leave the grave.Many bodies of saints arose. Math. 27.Figuratively, to wake from a state of sin and stupidity; to repent.Arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee life. Eph. 5. 6. To begin to act; to exert power; to move from a state of inaction.7. To appear, or become known; to become visible, sensible or operative.To you shall the sun of righteousness arise. Math. 4.8. To be put in motion; to swell or be agitated; as, the waves arose.9. To be excited or provoked; as, the wrath of the king shall arise.10. To emerge from poverty, depression or distress.By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. Amos 7.11. To appear in a particular character; to enter upon an office.There arose a new king who knew not Joseph. Ex. 1.12. To begin sedition, insurrection, or mutiny; as, the men arose, or rose upon their officers.13. To invade, assault or begin hostility; followed by against.When he arose against me, I caught him by the beard. 1Sam. 17. In this sense, the word against really belongs to the verb, and is necessary to give it this meaning. [See Rise, another form of this verb, which has the same signification, and is more generally used in popular language.] |
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