Arise Meaning
/əˈɹaɪz/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo come up from a lower to a higher position.
verbTo come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
Sentence Examples
Should anything arise, she will be prepared for it.
How did this misunderstanding ever arise?
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Word Origin & History
From Middle English arisen, from Old English ārīsan (“to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), equivalent to a- + rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (“to arise, rise up, come into existence”), Middle Low German errīsen (“to stand up, arise”), Old High German irrīsan (“to rise up, fall”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (“to arise, originate, fly up”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"There arose up a new king […] which knew not Joseph."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 1:8:
"the doubts that in his heart arose"
— 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"Because Plato allowed them to co-exist, the meaning and connotations of the one overlap those of the other, and ambiguities arise."
— 1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 92, page 454:
"And if before the Sunne haue meaſured heauen
With triple circuit thou regreet vs not,
We meane to take his mornings next ariſe.
For meſſenger, he will not be reclaim’d,
And meane to fetch thee in deſpight of him."
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
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Difficult questions may ____ during the expert panel discussion.
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New challenges will likely ____ as the project moves into its next phase.