rise

We watched the balloon rise.

This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.

The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.

And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.

to rise from a chair or from a fall

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,

In the morning, when we rise

he rose from the grave;   he is risen!

The committee rose after agreeing to the report.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.

to rise a tone or semitone

to rise to the occasion

As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.

Has that dough risen yet?

The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.

a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower

At our heels all hell should rise

With blackest insurrection.

A thought rose in me, which I believe very often perplexes […]men of contemplative natures.

to rise a hill

to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water

He, […] rising with small honour from Gunza, […] was gone.

There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, / An auncient booke, […]