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(a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.

p. p. & a. from Rise. "Her risen Son and Lord." Keble.

One who rises; as, an early riser.

To terrify; to affright. [Obs.] His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser.

To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.

above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

reach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc. Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. W. Irving.

to canvass by distributing letters. Syn. -- circularize. [WordNet 1.5]

To comprehend; to include. Comprise much matter in few words. Hocker. Friendship does two souls in one comprise. Roscommon.

An enterprise; endeavor; adventure. Chaucer. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser. The deeds of love and high emprise. Longfellow.

y, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak. Their hands can not perform their enterprise. Job v. 12.

One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.

a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.

A hairdresser.

A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree. [Obs.] Every grise of fortune Is smoothed by that below. Shak.

Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly. Maunder.

A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. Sterne.

Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent. Holmes.

A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. Wharton.