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rising

/ˈɹaɪzɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. Rebellion.
  2. The act of something that rises. · the risings and fallings of a thermometer
  3. A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment. (US, dated) · salt rising· milk rising

Plural risings

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Below was a little valley and beyond a long, gently-rising slope with snug farmsteads scattered along it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 28 · C1
“Well now, it’s just as you say, of course, Marilla,” said Matthew rising and putting his pipe away.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 37 · C1
“Perhaps your imagination will be in better working order by the morning,” said Marilla, rising to depart.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 70 · C1
Allan the next day, “and it seemed like years while the flat was drifting down to the bridge and the water rising in it every moment.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 224 · C1

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