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to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
he arose from his chair when she entered the room.
to awaken; wake up:
he arose at sunrise to get an early start to the beach.
to move upward; mount; ascend:
a thin curl of smoke arose lazily from the cabin.
to come into being, action, or notice; originate; appear; spring up:
new problems arise daily.
to result or proceed; spring or issue (sometimes followed by from):
it is difficult to foresee the consequences that may arise from this action. after such destruction many problems in resettlement often arise.
contemporary examples

problems can arise with teachers who aren’t specially trained to handle autism.
autism’s back-to-school anxiety priscilla gilman september 23, 2011

more political issues are likely to arise as more suppliers and workers are affected by the government-orchestrated gm bankruptcy.
is gm the new amtrak? james langenfeld june 4, 2009

you can look at the whiteboard and see all the other names you can bet on—the complications that arise from that.
‘the cabin in the woods’ spoilers: drew g-ddard speaks freely maria elena fernandez april 15, 2012

this is the time partisanship should cause these questions to arise, but instead we have a consensus on the issue.
foreign policy debate live-blog justin green october 22, 2012

the following week, though, more troubling signs began to arise.
friday night lights out: the concussion debate hits the texas youth leagues pete freedman october 25, 2013

historical examples

for he did love her, perhaps the more tenderly that doubts must, perforce, arise.
the claim jumpers stewart edward white

and thou, companion and instrument of victory, barak, arise!
female scripture biographies, vol. i francis augustus c-x

in the chick they arise (marshall) on the seventh day of incubation.
the works of francis maitland balfour, volume iii (of 4) francis maitland balfour

it could not arise in him from the wealth of his imagination, for that was anything but lively.
reflections francois duc de la rochefoucauld

other exceptions will, no doubt, from time to time occur, which can only be dealt with as they arise.
a treatise upon the law of copyright in the united kingdom and the dominions of the crown, e. j. macgillivray

verb (intransitive) arises, arising, arose, arisen
to come into being; originate
(foll by from) to spring or proceed as a consequence; result: guilt arising from my actions
to get or stand up, as from a sitting, kneeling, or lying position
to come into notice
to move upwards; ascend
v.

old english arisan “to get up, rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend” (cognate with old saxon arisan, gothic urreisan), from a- (1) “of” + rise (v.). mostly replaced by rise except in reference to circ-mstances. related: arising; arose; arisen.