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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

risen

/ˈɹɪzən/

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What does risen mean?

verb

  1. past participle of rise

adjective

  1. Having risen.

proper noun

  1. A surname from German.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹɪzən/

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In nine hours the water had risen to its customary level--that is to say, it was within twenty-three feet of the top.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
He was a risen savior, and to him were finally transferred all the festivals, seasons, symbols, and monograms of former solar deities.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
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I cried, checking the exclamation risen to his lips at the sight which met him, and the bleak atmosphere of the chamber.
Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsProject Gutenberg ebook #768
The aeronaut, thus deprived of his support, fell, at the distance of a league from the spot from which he had risen.
Fulgence MarionWonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies A History of Balloons and Balloon VoyagesProject Gutenberg ebook #899
The number of the days had risen to ten, when I saw a greater change in him than I had seen yet.
Charles DickensGreat ExpectationsProject Gutenberg ebook #1400