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arise from

1. To stand up from a seated or prone position. My teenage son doesn't arise from his bed until one in the afternoon.

2. To move in an upward direction. My heart started beating faster as the helicopter arose from the ground.

3. To emerge from a bleak situation. Thanks to scholarships, I was able to go to a top college and arise from poverty.

4. To result from something. Many issues arose from the passing of that bill.

arise from something

 and arise out of something 

1. Lit. to get up from something. What time did you arise from bed? I arose out of my slumbers at dawn.

2. Lit. [for something] to drift upward from something. The smoke arose from the burning oil wells. The smoke arose out of the exhaust pipe.

3. Fig. to be due to something; to be caused by something. This whole problem arose from your stubbornness. The labor problem arose out of mismanagement.

4. Fig. [for someone] to come from poor or unfortunate circumstances. She arose from poverty to attain great wealth. She arose out of squalor through her own hard work.

arise from

v.

1. To result, issue, or proceed from something: Many mistakes in mathematics arise from a misunderstanding of the basic concepts.

2. To move upward from something; ascend from something: The hot air balloons slowly arose from the ground.