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Definition of "risen" []

  • Past participle of rise (verb)

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Use "risen" in a sentence
  • "[Mark’s] ‘Now when [JESUS] was risen’ to Matthew’s ‘in the end of the sabbath,’ (for _then_ we believe Him to have _risen_;) and all that comes after, expressive as it is of a different notion, we connect with what follows."
  • "“Congratulations to you all, Butterflies, for you have this term risen from bottom place to second, and you were very nearly top,” declares Duckworth Butterfly housemaster Mr. Valentine Corrado in the December 1927 issue, adding grandly, as if reflecting on the outcome of a military battle, “to the very end it was uncertain whether you or the Duckworth Grasshoppers would triumph.”"
  • "One major reason insurance premiums and hospital costs have risen is the need to cover the cost of caring for people who have little or no coverage."