English words containing rising:

Meanings of Allegorising:

verb

Interpret or represent symbolically.

Usage examples:

The picture is interpreted as allegorizing an alienated society

Meanings of Aphorising:

verb

Make a pithy observation that contains a general truth.

Usage examples:

He aphorized, ‘science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom’

Meanings of Apprising:

verb

Inform or tell (someone).

Usage examples:

I thought it right to apprise chris of what had happened

Meanings of Arising:

verb

(of a problem, opportunity, or situation) emerge; become apparent.

Usage examples:

New difficulties had arisen

Meanings of Arisings:

plural noun

Materials forming the secondary or waste products of industrial operations.

Usage examples:

The remaining reserves in these existing or approved voids should be sufficient for waste arisings …

Meanings of Authorising:

verb

Give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent).

Usage examples:

The troops were authorized to use force

Meanings of Barbarising:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Bowdlerising:

verb

Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

Usage examples:

Every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

Meanings of Burglarising:

verb

Enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft; burgle.

Usage examples:

Our summer house has been burglarized

Meanings of Cauterising:

verb

Burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance in order to stop bleeding or to prevent infection.

Usage examples:

I'll freeze the hand and cauterize the wound

Meanings of Cicatrising:

verb

(with reference to a wound) heal by scar formation.

Usage examples:

His wound had cicatrized

Meanings of Circularising:

verb

Distribute a large number of letters, leaflets, or questionnaires to (a group of people) in order to advertise something or canvass opinion.

Usage examples:

They circularize prospective purchasers at regular intervals

Meanings of Comprising:

verb

Consist of; be made up of.

Usage examples:

The country comprises twenty states

Meanings of Demilitarising:

verb

Remove all military forces from (an area).

Usage examples:

The goverments came to an agreement to demilitarize the border

Meanings of Depolarising:

verb

Reduce or remove the polarization of.

Usage examples:

The threshold necessary to depolarize the membrane

Meanings of Desulphurising:

verb

Remove sulphur or sulphur compounds from (a substance).

Usage examples:

Equipment to desulphurize coal in power plants

Meanings of Enterprising:

adjective

Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.

Usage examples:

Some enterprising teachers have started their own recycling programmes

Meanings of Epimerising:

verb

Convert from one epimeric form into the other.

Usage examples:

Enzymes which activate phenylalanine and epimerize it to the d-isomer

Meanings of Exteriorising:

verb

Make exterior; give exterior form to.

Usage examples:

What the greeks did do was exteriorize their intellectual life, make it convivial and explicit

Meanings of Familiarising:

verb

Give (someone) knowledge or understanding of something.

Usage examples:

The need to familiarize pupils with dictionaries and their structures

phrasal verb

To learn about something

Usage examples:

We spent a few minutes familiarizing ourselves with the day's schedule.

Meanings of Formularising:

verb

Make formulaic or predictable.

Usage examples:

Their stage shows have become a little formularized

Meanings of Grangerising:

verb

Illustrate (a book) by later insertion of material, especially prints cut from other works.

Usage examples:

He became a great favourite with the queen, and grangerized many historical works for her amusement

Meanings of Linearising:

verb

Make linear; represent in or transform into a linear form.

Usage examples:

Air was focused and linearized by the air pump

Meanings of Motorising:

verb

Equip (a vehicle or device) with a motor to operate or propel it.

Usage examples:

The modern car evolved from initial attempts to motorize a horse-drawn carriage

Meanings of Overrising:

verb

Of dough, bread, etc.: to rise too high, so as to spoil.