Come into existence; take on form or shape.
synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, uprise.
Roget 151:
happen,
occur;
take place,
take effect;
come,
become of;
come off,
comeabout†,
come round,
come into existence,
come forth,
come to pass,
come on;
pass,
present itself;
fall;
fall out,
turn out;
run,
be on foot,
fall in;
befall,
betide,
bechance†;
prove,
eventuate,
draw on;
turn up,
crop up,
spring up,
pop up,
arise,
show up,
show its face,
appear,
come forth,
cast up;
supervene,
survene†;
issue,
arrive,
ensue,
arise,
start,
hold,
take its course;
pass off
etc.
(be past)
122.
meet with;
experience,
enjoy,
encounter,
undergo,
suffer,
pass through,
go through,
be subjected to,
be exposed to;
fall to the lot of;
be one's chance,
be one's fortune,
be one's lot;
find;
endure
etc.
(feel)
821.
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Roget 446:
be become visible
etc.
adj.;
appear,
open to the view;
meet the eye,
catch the eye;
basset;
present itself,
show manifest itself,
produce itself,
discover itself,
reveal itself,
expose itself,
betray itself;
stand forth,
stand out;
materialize;
show;
arise;
peep out,
peer out,
crop out;
start up,
spring up,
show up,
turn up,
crop up;
glimmer,
loom;
glare;
burst forth;
burst upon the view,
burst upon the sight;
heave in sight;
come in sight,
come into view,
come out,
come forth,
come forward;
see the light of day;
break through the clouds;
make its appearance,
show its face,
appear to one's eyes,
come upon the stage,
float before the eyes,
speak for itself
etc.
(manifest)
525;
attract the attention
etc.
457;
reappear;
live in a glass house.
expose to view
etc.
525.
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Roget 66:
begin,
start,
commence;
conceive,
open,
dawn,
set in,
take its rise,
enter upon,
enter;
set out
etc.
(depart)
293;
embark in;
incept†.
initiate,
launch,
inaugurate.
inchoate,
rise,
arise,
originate.
usher in;
lead off,
lead the way;
take the lead,
take the initiative;
head;
stand at the head,
stand first,
stand for;
lay the foundations
etc.
(prepare)
673;
found
etc.
(cause)
153;
set up,
set on foot,
agoing†,
set abroach†,
set the ball in motion;
apply the match to a train;
broach;
open up,
open the door to.
get underway,
set about,
get to work,
set to work,
set to;
make a beginning,
make a start.
handsel;
take the first step,
lay the first stone,
cut the first turf;
break ground,
break the ice,
break cover;
pass the Rubicon,
cross the Rubicon;
open fire,
open the ball;
ventilate,
air;
undertake
etc.
676.
come into existence,
come into the world;
make one's debut,
take birth;
burst forth,
break out;
spring up,
spring forth,
crop up,
pop up,
appear,
materialize.
begin at the beginning,
begin ab ovo [Lat.].
begin again,
begin de novo;
start afresh,
make a fresh start,
take it from the top,
shuffle the cards,
reshuffle the cards,
resume,
recommence.
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Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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Roget 305:
ascend,
rise,
mount,
arise,
uprise;
go up,
get up,
work one's way up,
start up;
shoot up,
go into orbit;
float up;
bubble up;
aspire.
climb,
clamber,
ramp,
scramble,
escalade†,
surmount;
shin,
shinny,
shinney;
scale,
scale the heights.
[cause to go up]
raise,
elevate
etc.
307.
go aloft,
fly aloft;
tower,
soar,
take off;
spring up,
pop up,
jump up,
catapult upwards,
explode upwards;
hover,
spire,
plane,
swim,
float,
surge;
leap
etc.
309.
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Dutch: komen, ontspinnen, ontspringen, ontspruiten, stammen, teruggaan, voortkomen, voortspruiten, wortelen