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arise

arise is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i.
  2. 2.The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.
  3. 3.To proceed; to issue; to spring. Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. Milton.
  4. 4.Rising. [Obs.] Drayton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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