5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
But now is Christ risen from the dead.
1. Cor. xv. 20. 6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
It was near nine . . . before the House rose.
Macaulay. 7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
8. (Print.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the
type; — said of a form.
Syn. — To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale. — Rise, Appreciate. Some in America use the word appreciate
for "rise in value;" as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not unknown in England,
but it is less common there. It is undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate
has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so entirely different.
Rise
(Rise) n.
1. The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
2. The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise
of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
3. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land. [Colloq.]
4. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart.
R. Nelson. 5. Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet. Shak.
6. Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
The rise or fall that may happen in his constant revenue by a Spanish war.
Sir W. Temple. 7. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
The ordinary rises and falls of the voice.
Bacon. 8. Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
9. The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
Risen
(Ris"en)
1. p. p. & a. from Rise. "Her risen Son and Lord." Keble.
2. Obs. imp. pl. of Rise. Chaucer.
Riser
(Ris"er) n.
1. One who rises; as, an early riser.
2. (Arch.) (a) The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread. Hence: (b) Any small upright face, as
of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.
