Definition of rise

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Rise (n.) Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone..

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Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
Agrise :: Agrise (v. i.) To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear.
Memnon :: Memnon (n.) A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise..
Vitality :: Vitality (n.) The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise..
Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
Flue :: Flue (n.) Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel..
Feathering :: Feathering (n.) The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t..
Confession :: Confession (n.) A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith..
Aurora :: Aurora (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning..
Roll :: Roll (v.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching..
Management :: Management (v.) The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Overpeer :: Overpeer (v. t.) To peer over; to rise above.
Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..
Larypgismus :: Larypgismus (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening..
Reprizes :: Reprizes (n. pl.) See Reprise, n., 2..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff..
Surpriser :: Surprisement (n.) Surprisal.
Crane :: Crane (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up..
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