mindmap root((上升)) rise is used in reference to persons or animals that get up from a lying or sitting position: ~ every morning at five; or to things that seem to come up into view or to lift themselves up: hills ~ing from the plain; or to fluid that is sent upward by some natural force: watched the river ~ing. arise comes close to rise but is somewhat more rhetorical or poetic: ~ slowly, brushing the dust of the street from his clothes. ascend suggests a continuous or progressive upward movement or climbing: the sun ~s the sky until noon. mount close to ascend, implies a gradual upward movement toward an even higher level or degree: felt her hopes ~ as the race went on. soar usually connotes a continuous, often swift, ascent into high altitudes especially intellectually, spiritually, or aesthetically: the brilliant product of a ~ing imagination.