What time did you arise from bed?
•I arose out of my slumbers at dawn.
2. Lit. [for something] to drift upward from something. •The smoke arose from the burning oil wells.
•The smoke arose out of the exhaust pipe.
3. Fig. to be due to something; to be caused by something. •This whole problem arose from your stubbornness.
•The labor problem arose out of mismanagement.
4. Fig. [for someone] to come from poor or unfortunate circumstances. •She arose from poverty to attain great wealth.
•She arose out of squalor through her own hard work.