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1. 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").
2. rise, go up, climb -- (increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year").
3. arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up -- (rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded").
4. rise, lift, rear -- (rise up; "The building rose before them").
5. surface, come up, rise up, rise -- (come to the surface).
6. heighten, rise -- (become more extreme; "The tension heightened").
7. 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").
8. move up, rise -- (be promoted, move to a better position).
9. wax, mount, climb, rise -- (go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered").
10. 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").
11. rise, jump, climb up -- (rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list").
12. rise, prove -- (increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room").
13. rise -- (become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news").
14. rise -- (exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion").
15. rebel, arise, rise, rise up -- (take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance).
16. rise, come up, uprise, ascend -- (come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends").
17. resurrect, rise, uprise -- (return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise").

1. risen -- ((of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen sun").

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