Definition of 'arise'

Verb

1. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
      Synonyms: originate rise develop uprise spring up grow
2. originate or come into being; "a question arose"
      Synonyms: come up bob up
3. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
      Synonyms: rise uprise get up stand up
      Antonyms: sit down sit lie down lie
4. result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
      Synonyms: come up
5. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
      Synonyms: rise lift move up go up come up uprise
      Antonyms: descend fall go down come down
6. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
      Synonyms: rebel rise rise up
7. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
      Synonyms: get up turn out uprise rise
      Antonyms: go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire

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