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1. Come into existence; take on form or shape
   - originate, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
    
2. Originate or come into being
   "a question arose"
   - come up, bob up
    
3. Rise to one's feet
   - rise, uprise, get up, stand up
    
4. Result or issue
   "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
   - come up
    
5. Move upward
   "The smoke arose from the forest fire"
   - rise, lift, move up, go up, come up, uprise
    
6. Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
   - rebel, rise, rise up
    
7. Get up and out of bed
   - get up, turn out, uprise, rise

Derived forms: arising, arose, arisen, arises

Type of: become, change posture, come about, dissent, fall out, go, go on, hap, happen, locomote, move, occur, pass, pass off, protest, resist, take place, travel

Antonym: lie down, sit down

Encyclopedia: Arise Arise, O Compatriots Arise, My Love