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Verb arise has 7 senses
- originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow - come into existence; take on form or shape; "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"
--1 is one way to become
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- arise, come up, bob up - originate or come into being; "aquestion arose"
--2 is one way to become
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- arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
--3 is one way to change posture
Antonyms: sit down, sit, lie down, lie
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue arise
- arise, come up - occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
--4 is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
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- rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
--5 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
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- rebel, arise, rise, rise up - take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
--6 is one way to protest, resist, dissent
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They arise
- get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue arise
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