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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

arising in the middle of a severe economic crisis, a series of scandals involving the monarchy have angered the spaniards.
spanish royals under fire mike elkin april 15, 2012

now questions are arising about a german defense contractor that trained the russian military.
germany helped prep russia for war, u.s. sources say josh rogin april 21, 2014

counter him with yeats or pound, who, arising from the same milieu, opted to support hitler and mussolini.
david maraniss’s ‘barack obama: the story’ excerpted in vanity fair: juiciest bits ben jacobs may 1, 2012

historical examples

the revenue, arising from the tax on real estate, was this year $261,-86 cents.
the history of peru henry s. beebe

it also speaks of the debt or “duty” in that case as arising by cause of payments.
the common law oliver wendell holmes, jr.

while new haven as a town-colony was taking on form, other plantations were arising near by.
the fathers of new england charles m. andrews

“i—i didn’t think it would be so rough,” bess had gasped out, on arising.
nan sherwood at palm beach annie roe carr

i threw it into the fuming nitrous acid to -ssay it, and there arising a little effervescence, i added distilled water thereon.
buffon’s natural history. volume x (of 10) georges louis leclerc de buffon

she pointed at the galley chimney, from which smoke was arising.
the wreck of the t-tan morgan robertson

“i should say not,” said he, arising and bowing very profoundly.
from the housetops george barr mccutcheon

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
n.

verbal noun from arise (v.). replaced in most senses by rising.
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.