arise

ARI'SE, verb intransitive s as z preterit tense arose; participle passive 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. Daniel 6:1. 4. To begin; to spring up; to originate. A persecution arose about Stephen. Acts 11:7. 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. Ephesians 5:14. 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 7:2. 11. To appear in a particular character; to enter upon an office. There arose a new king who knew not Joseph. Exodus 1:1. 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. 1 Samuel 17:1. 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.]