Entry Word: arise

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to leave oneʼs bed <the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up>

Synonyms get up, rise, uprise

Related Words arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, stir, wake

Near Antonyms doze, drop (off), nap, nod, sleep, slumber; bunk, perch, roost, settle; couch, lie (down), recline

Antonyms bed (down), retire, turn in

2 to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly <note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment>

Synonyms crop (up), emerge, materialize, spring (up), surface

Related Words appear, come out, show up, turn up; chance, come, come about, fall out, go (on), go off, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire; interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude

3 to come into existence <it is not known exactly how mammals arose, but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period> — see begin 2
4 to move or extend upward <slowly the hot-air balloon arose, and the round-the-world flight was begun> — see ascend