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rearise

rearise verb: to arise again.

Verb

rearise (third-person singular simple present rearises, present participle rearising, simple past rearose, past participle rearisen)

  1. To arise again.
    • The Lord Gro covered his face with his mantle and wept to hear and behold the divine Pavane; for as ghosts rearisen it raised up for him old happy half-forgotten days in Goblinland, before he had […] been driven forth from his dear native land, an exile in waterish Witchland.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 35

Forms of rearise

third-person singular presentrearises
present participlerearising
pastrearose
past participlerearisen

Origin of rearise

From re- + arise.

Questions about rearise

What does rearise mean?
Rearise means to arise again.
What part of speech is rearise?
Rearise is a verb.
What is the past tense of rearise?
The past tense of rearise is rearose.

Words near rearise in the dictionary

  1. rearing bits
  2. rearing one's head
  3. rearing one's ugly head
  4. rearing up
  5. rearings
  6. rearise
  7. rearisen
  8. rearises
  9. rearising
  10. rearly
  11. rearm

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