Definition of rise

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Rise (v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea..

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Dowitcher :: Dowitcher (n.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback..
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait..
Emprise :: Emprise (n.) The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits.
Intoxication :: Intoxication (n.) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like..
Overtake :: Overtake (v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest..
Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel..
Mesprise :: Mesprise (n.) Contempt; scorn.
Karreo :: Karreo (n.) One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations..
Prosperity :: Prosperity (n.) The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity..
Strigil :: Striges (n. pl.) The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.
Rise :: Rise (n.) Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land..
Containable :: Containable (a.) Capable of being contained or comprised.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..
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