<noun.event> they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
<noun.act> [ adj ]
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
<adj.all> a rising trend a rising market
sloping upward
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coming to maturity
<adj.all> the rising generation
newly come into prominence
<adj.all> a rising young politician
Rise \Rise\ (r[imac]z), v. i. [imp. {Rose} (r[=o]z); p. p. {Risen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rising}.] [AS. r[=i]san; akin to OS. r[=i]san, D. rijzen, OHG. r[=i]san to rise, fall, Icel. r[=i]sa, Goth. urreisan, G. reise journey. CF. {Arise}, {Raise}, {Rear}, v.] 1. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait. (b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like. (c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air. (d) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet. (e) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer. (f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall. (g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
He that would thrive, must rise by five. --Old Proverb. (h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea. (i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction. ``A rising ground.'' --Dryden. (j) To retire; to give up a siege.
He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone. --Knolles. (k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically:
(a) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. ``He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good.'' --Matt. v. 45. (b) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore. (c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower. (d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
A scepter shall rise out of Israel. --Num. xxiv. 17.
Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax. Specifically: (a) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion. ``High winde . . . began to rise, high passions -- anger, hate.'' --Milton. (b) To become of higher value; to increase in price.
Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the ounce. --Locke. (c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like. (d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat. (e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice. (f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: (a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection. --Milton.
No more shall nation against nation rise. --Pope. (b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. --Shak. (c) 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. (d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures. --Spectator. (e) To come; to offer itself.
There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book. --Spenser.
5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
But now is Christ risen from the dead. --1. Cor. xv. 20.
6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
It was near nine . . . before the House rose. --Macaulay.
7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
8. (Print.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
Syn: To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.
Usage: {Rise}, {Appreciate}. Some in America use the word appreciate for ``rise in value;'' as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so entirely different.
Rising \Ris"ing\, a. 1. Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.
2. Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character.
Among the rising theologians of Germany. --Hare.
3. Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation.
Rising \Ris"ing\, prep. More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.]
Rising \Ris"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).
2. That which rises; a tumor; a boil. --Lev. xiii. 10.
{Rising main} (Waterworks), the pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.
3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of {decreasing}. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo ] [WordNet 1.5]
AT&T Chairman Robert E. Allen said administrative costs are rising too rapidly and he wants to emphasize sales growth.
Alan Olson, a Century 21 real-estate agent in nearby Fergus Falls, expects Grant County land prices to stall this fall after rising 20% in the past year.
Crews began installing pumps on barges Monday to haul fresh water to southern Louisiana towns plagued by rising salt levels in the lower Mississippi River.
Americans' disposable, or after-tax, incomes rose 1.7 percent in January after rising 0.9 percent in December and falling 0.3 percent in November.
Communist officials under pressure to resolve the country's rising economic and political turmoil said Wednesday that a party conference will grapple next week with changes in national leadership.
The 18-year-old's piece pictures a wolf standing by a downed tree in the snow with a rising moon over the mountains.
The monument is a great rough granite shaft rising from a mound in the middle of a tawny clearing.
The index "is rising very modestly," said Michael Penzer, senior economist at Bank of America in San Francisco.
The only way it can work is if prices in an area are rising at least 10% a year."
And they are dropping fast as productivity is rising at a good clip.
Sales probably climbed 0.1% last month after rising 0.7% in September, while industrial production was probably unchanged after increasing 0.1%, some economists say.
Shouting over the rumble of a dual carriageway, he talks almost exclusively about social issues, and the rising tide of petty crime which he links to the 9.9 per cent jobless rate. 'Everywhere you go, the most pressing problem is unemployment.
With those advantages and the opportunities for running the acquired businesses without overheads rising proportionally, Mr Mills-Baker said he was pleased to have outbid the other interested companies, both UK and non-UK.
The professional standard-setting organization also released new government figures indicating that the U.S. rate, the highest in the developed world, may finally be leveling off after rising steeply since the mid-1970s.
One trader said that although the market isn't perceived as "overheating," it still "has been rising rather fast and is likely to have a slight correction."
Consumer prices edged up 0.1% in January after rising 0.2% in December, suggesting weak demand is still holding inflation in check.
W. Henson Moore, deputy secretary of the Department of Energy, agreed with McMillan that prices had been rising before the accident.
Bond prices were mostly lower in early trading today, as the market took back some of Tuesday's strong gains amid sharply rising oil prices.
The White House announced the Dunne nomination shortly after Bush finished a news conference at which he was asked whether he agrees with NAACP leaders that there is "a rising tide of racism" in the country.
The stock has since recovered in line with rising world stock markets.
In unison, they have in recent days complained of diminishing business, of rising non-performing loans and of high interest rates. Taken together, the net profits of the top six domestic banks fell by more than 7 per cent last year.
Unlike the early 1980s when an overvalued exchange rate was chiefly responsible for rising unemployment, interest rates are now the key.
Although the total tax burden on the U.S. economy is rising, the tax reforms of the 1980s mean that taxes do less to discourage production and investment than did the highly progressive rates of 20 years ago.
"However, a hard core of high protection has remained," said the survey, which also criticized other parts of Japanese trade policy and predicted rising pressure from Third World exports.
The dollar kept rising against the yen.
What am I going to say, I'm a plumber?" Cost issues in insurance seem to erupt on a regular basis, accompanied by rising rates, angry responses from state insurance commissioners and threats by companies to drop out of the business.
But activity overall was relatively subdued as worries about rising interest rates tended to restrain the advance.
I talked with Mr Parry after the release of the May employment report, which showed unemployment rising sharply to 7.5 per cent (8.7 per cent in California) but before Thursday's unexpectedly poor retail sales figures.
Given London equities' reaction so far to rising rates, it is hard to imagine them staging a rally. While the equity markets had enough broad-based concerns as it was this past week, five leading stocks added some specific headaches.
Meanwhile, Harcourt Brace's 13% senior notes, due in 1997, also chalked up one point to end at 91 after rising by 1 1/2 points Tuesday.