Emily Dickinson Lexicon

rise (-n, rising, rose, -s), v. [OE rísan.]

1. Grow; develop; emerge as a blossom on a plant.
2. Awaken; get up; get out of bed.
3. Stand; [fig.] begin; commence; get off the ground.
4. Ascend; lift; go aloft; head upward in the air; move up into the atmosphere.
5. Embark; become a draft; move suddenly upward; come up as a current; [fig.] start.