RISING

a. prep. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.

2.
a.

Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character. Among the rising theologians of Germany. Hare.

3.
a.

Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation.

4.
prep.

More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.]

5.
n.

The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).

6.
n.

That which rises; a tumor; a boil. Lev. xiii. 10. Rising main (Waterworks), the pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.


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