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rīsing(e
ger.
Additional spellings:
risinge
89 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The act of rising to one's feet, standing up; (b) the act of rising from sleep, getting out of bed; also, the act of awakening;
rising shetes
, ?bedsheets; (c) the act or fact of arising from the…
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