v.
To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet. →
a.
Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings. →
v. i.
To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it. →
n.
The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty. →
a.
Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph. →
n.
A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties. →