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rise

/ɹaɪz/ verb

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In Latin: ascendo, surgo, orior Wiktionary

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  1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. To move upwards.
    We watched the balloon rise.
  2. To move upwards.
    We watched the balloon rise.
  3. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
    This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.

noun

  1. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
    The rise of the tide.
  2. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
    The rise of the working class.
  3. An increase in a quantity, price, etc.

noun

  1. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

Origin

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)).

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