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UK
/ɹˈɪzən/
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[ US /ˈɹɪzən/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɪzən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
the risen sun
How To Use risen In A Sentence
- This month the shares have risen from a lowly 8p to 19p.
- Our reaction to a tickling sensation may have arisen from a defence against creepy-crawlies. Times, Sunday Times
- Doubts have arisen over the viability of the schedule.
- The cost of houses has risen faster than purchasing power.
- [She has risen and stands rubbing her arm and recovering her placidity, which is considerable.] Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works
- We do need to show that we can talk without contradiction of God's universal salvific will and the scandalous particularity of the incarnate and risen Lord.
- Since Vanguard stopped flying, airfares have risen in Kansas City and service has diminished.
- The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.
- A new industry association has arisen to address security-related aspects of geospatial technologies and information.
- The letter is believed to be the first which appeared signed "ATTICUS," and was written many months before the author became known as Junius, and before any necessity had arisen for the exercise of that habitual caution which he afterwards evinced in the mention of any circumstance at all likely to lead to his detection. Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850