risen Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb move upward
   come up; rise; uprise; lift; go up; arise; move up.
   
   • The fog lifted
   • The smoke arose from the forest fire
   • The mist uprose from the meadows
2. verb increase in value or to a higher point
   climb; rise; go up.
   
   • prices climbed steeply
   • the value of our house rose sharply last year
3. verb rise to one's feet
   stand up; get up; rise; uprise; arise.
   
   • The audience got up and applauded
4. verb rise up
   lift; rise; rear.
   
   • The building rose before them
5. verb come to the surface
   rise; rise up; surface; come up.
   
6. verb come into existence; take on form or shape
   originate; develop; rise; uprise; spring up; arise; grow.
   
   • 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
7. verb move to a better position in life or to a better job
   rise; ascend; move up.
   
   • She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
8. verb go up or advance
   mount; rise; climb; wax.
   
   • Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
9. verb become more extreme
   rise; heighten.
   
   • The tension heightened
10. verb get up and out of bed
    get up; rise; turn out; uprise; arise.
    
    • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    • They rose early
    • He uprose at night
11. verb rise in rank or status
    jump; climb up; rise.
    
    • Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
12. verb become heartened or elated
    rise.
    
    • Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
13. verb exert oneself to meet a challenge
    rise.
    
    • rise to a challenge
    • rise to the occasion
14. verb take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
    rise; rebel; rise up; arise.
    
15. verb increase in volume
    rise; prove.
    
    • the dough rose slowly in the warm room
16. verb come up, of celestial bodies
    rise; ascend; uprise; come up.
    
    • The sun also rises
    • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
    • Jupiter ascends
17. verb return from the dead
    resurrect; rise; uprise.
    
    • Christ is risen!
    • The dead are to uprise
18. adjective satellite (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
    
    • the risen sun

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