to arise

Examples

• All

• Arise, ye prisoners of starvation.

  The Big Fix (1978)

• Arise, children of the Lord.

  Dragonslayer (1981)

• Now, my beastly building, arise and attack.

  Dog Man (2025)

• On the strength of this wisdom, arise and stand firm, Arjuna.

  Blog text (8)

• Riders of the Mark, brothers of Rohan, arise!

  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

• Arise, people!

  Killing Jesus (2015)

• The Boxers have arisen like the wind and the rain, and like the wind and the rain, they will disappear.

  55 Days at Peking (1963)

• In 2009, a mass protest movement arose in response to the regime's blatantly rigged presidential elections.

  Blog text (31)

• In a rally for equality, the protesters began to arise against oppressive laws.

• Feeling empowered, the people chose to arise and demand their rights from the government.

Synonyms

R

to rise

vsto arise

76 8.0

To start a fight against those in power

does the same but emphasizes abandoning former loyalty

R

to rise up

vsto arise

69 5.8

Join others to fight against those in power

is the same action including abandoning prior loyalty

R

to rebel

vsto arise

48 4.1

To act against the government or people in power

is narrower, involving open rebellion and abandoning loyalty

R

to revolt

vsto arise

22 4.9

Rise up against a government or ruler

focuses more on rising against rulers, not on renouncing loyalty

Antonyms

S

to submit

187 4.1

To accept another person's control, often against your wishes

How Rebellious

to overthrow

127 5.1

to arise

• Literature

10 8.9

to resist

311 2.2

to protest

283 3.2

to object

349 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology