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arize

arize is the obsolete spelling of arise.

Meaning of arise

Verb

arise (third-person singular simple present arises, present participle arising, simple past arose, past participle arisen or (nonstandard) arised or (now nonstandard) arose)

  1. (intransitive) To come up from a lower to a higher position.
    • to arise from a kneeling posture
    Synonyms:
    rise, spring, stand up
  2. (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
    • He arose early in the morning.
    Synonyms:
    awaken
  3. (intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
    • A cloud arose and covered the sun.
    Synonyms:
    appear, come about

See all 4 meanings of arise

Forms of arize

third-person singular presentarizes
present participlearizing
pastaroze
past participlearizen

Questions about arize

What is arize the obsolete spelling of?
Arize is the obsolete spelling of arise.

Words near arize in the dictionary

  1. Ariz.
  2. Ariza
  3. Arizaga
  4. Arizagas
  5. Arizas
  6. arize
  7. arizen
  8. arizes
  9. arizing
  10. Arizmendi
  11. Arizmendis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arize (page history and authors); arise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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