arist

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Definition of arist

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.

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Etymology

From Middle English arist, aristh, ærist, from Old English ǣrist (“getting up, rising, resurrection”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀristi, from Proto-Germanic *uzristiz (“a rising up”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“up, out”) + Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), equivalent to arise + -t. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (urrists, “a rising up”). More at arise.

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