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past tense of arise
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1
to leave one's bed
- the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up
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- couched,
- dossed (down)
- [chiefly British],
- flopped (down),
- lay (down),
- reclined
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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
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3
to come into existence
- it is not known exactly how mammals arose, but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period
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- actualized,
- appeared,
- began,
- broke,
- commenced,
- dawned,
- engendered,
- formed,
- materialized,
- originated,
- set in,
- sprang
- (or sprung),
- started
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- concluded,
- desisted,
- discontinued,
- finished,
- halted,
- quit
- (also quitted),
- terminated
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4
to move or extend upward
- slowly the hot-air balloon arose, and the round-the-world flight was begun
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“Arose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arose. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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