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rise to vb (intr, preposition) to respond adequately to (the demands of something, esp a testing challenge) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard. On the side of the pond next my house a row of pitch pines, fifteen feet high, has been killed and tipped over as if by a lever, and thus a stop put to their encroachments; and their size indicates how many years have elapsed since the last rise to this height. What can she rise to, under any quantity of opium, higher than that |
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