arose
/əˈɹoʊz/
arose is the simple past of arise.
arose is the past participle 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)
- To come up from a lower to a higher position.
- to arise from a kneeling posture
- To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
- He arose early in the morning.
- Synonyms:
- awaken
- 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
Words that rhyme with arose
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
- joes
Questions about arose
- What is arose the simple past of?
- Arose is the simple past of arise.
- How do you pronounce arose?
- Arose is pronounced /əˈɹoʊz/.
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