rise

For the verb: "to rise"

Simple Past:	rose
Past Participle:	risen

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rise/rʌɪz/

▶verb (past rose; past part. risen)

• 1 come or go up.

  ■ reach a higher social or professional position.

  ■ (rise above) succeed in not being constrained by.

• 2 get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling.

  ■ chiefly Brit. (of a meeting or a session of a court) adjourn.

• 3 (of land) incline upwards.

  ■ (of a structure or natural feature) be much taller than the surrounding landscape.

• 4 (of the sun, moon, or stars) appear above the horizon.

• 5 increase in number, size, intensity, or quality.

• 6 (rise to) respond well to (a challenging situation).

• 7 (often rise up) cease to be submissive or peaceful.

• 8 (of a river) have its source: the Euphrates rises in Turkey.

• 9 be restored to life.

▶noun

• 1 an act of rising.

• 2 an upward slope or hill.

• 3 an increase in number, size, etc.

  ■ Brit. an increase in salary or wages.

• 4 the vertical height of a step, arch, or incline.

  ■ another term for riser (sense 2).

• 5 the source of a river.

– phrases
get (or take) a rise out of informal provoke an angry or irritated response from.
on the rise

• 1 increasing.

• 2 becoming more successful.

rise and shine informal wake up and get out of bed promptly.

– origin OE rīsan ‘make an attack, get out of bed’, of Gmc origin.