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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become upset, excited |
| Synonyms: | be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, flare, flare up, fume, get one's dander up, rage, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, spit*, stand on end, swell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | climb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl, move up |
| Synonyms: | ape up, ascend, clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, rise, scale, soar, top |
| Antonyms: | descend, dismount, go down, retreat |
| Main Entry: | come from |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arise, emanate |
| Synonyms: | accrue, derive from, ejaculate, emerge, end up, flow, hail from, issue, originate, proceed, result, rise, spring, stem, turn out |
| Main Entry: | come up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen suddenly |
| Synonyms: | arise, crop up, occur, rise, spring up, turn up |
| Main Entry: | crescendo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase to climax |
| Synonyms: | apex, ascension, building, climb, crest, critical mass, culmination, elevation, escalation, intensification, peak, pinnacle, rise, summit, surge, upsurge, zenith |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a beginning |
| Synonyms: | advent, alpha, birth, commencement, dawning, emergence, foundation, genesis, head, inception, onset, opening, origin, outset, outstart, rise, source, start, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, develop, emerge, glimmer, initiate, lighten, loom, open, originate, rise, show itself, unfold |
| Antonyms: | end, finish, set |
| Main Entry: | deepen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more intense |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, develop, enhance, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, intensate, intensify, magnify, mount, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | lighten, pale, quieten, soften |
| Main Entry: | derive from |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come from; arise |
| Synonyms: | descend, emanate, flow, head, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring from, stem from |
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