6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose
after agreeing to the report.
It was near nine . . . before the House rose.
Macaulay.
7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a
tone or semitone.
8. (Print.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the
imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
Syn. -- To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale. -- Rise, Appreciate.
Some in America use the word appreciate for "rise in value;" as, stocks
appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not unknown in England,
but it is less common there. It is undesirable, because rise
sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive
meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so entirely different.
Rise (?), n. 1. The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
2. The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the
thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the
rise of an arch or of a step.
3. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on
a rise of land. [Colloq.]