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Hitler: The Rise Of Evil
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More definitions of "rise":

(noun): (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
Example: "The rising of the Holy Ghost"
Synonyms: emanation, procession

(noun): The act of changing location in an upward direction.
Synonyms: ascent, ascension, ascending

(verb): Come into existence; take on form or shape.
Synonyms: originate, arise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

(verb): Get up and out of bed.
Synonyms: get up, turn out, arise, uprise

(noun): Increase in price or value.
Synonyms: advance

(verb): Go up or advance.
Synonyms: wax, mount, climb

(verb): Be promoted, move to a better position.
Synonyms: move up

(verb): Exert oneself to meet a challenge.
Example: "Rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"

(verb): Become heartened or elated.
Example: "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"

(verb): Move upward.
Synonyms: lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise

(noun): An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
Example: "The car couldn't make it up the rise"
Synonyms: ascent, acclivity, raise, climb, upgrade

(verb): Become more extreme.
Synonyms: heighten

(noun): The amount a salary is increased.
Synonyms: raise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase

(noun): The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises.
Synonyms: upgrade, rising slope

(noun): A movement upward.
Example: "They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
Synonyms: rising, ascent, ascension

(noun): An increase in cost.
Example: "They asked for a 10% rise in rates"
Synonyms: boost, hike, cost increase

(verb): Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance.
Synonyms: rebel, arise, rise up

(verb): Come up, of celestial bodies.
Synonyms: come up, uprise, ascend

(verb): Increase in volume.
Synonyms: prove

(verb): Increase in value or to a higher point.
Synonyms: go up, climb

(verb): Rise in rank or status.
Synonyms: jump, climb up

(noun): A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground.
Synonyms: lift

(verb): Rise to one's feet.
Synonyms: arise, uprise, get up, stand up

(verb): Return from the dead.
Synonyms: resurrect, uprise

(verb): Come to the surface.
Synonyms: surface, come up, rise up

(noun): A growth in strength or number or importance.

Famous quotes containing the word rise:

“There is one thing that the American people always rise to and extend their hand to and that is the truth of justice, and of liberty, and of peace. We have accepted that truth and we are going to led by it ... and through us the world, out into pastures of quietness and peace such as the world never dreamed of before.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

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—Maxine W. Kumin (b. 1925)

“I have a toothache today. I never seem to be able to rise above a toothache. It makes me want to howl, break things, pull noses, tweak ears, screech.”
—John Colton (1886–1946)