Past participle of rise; moved upward; elevated in position, level, or importance; increased in value or amount.
From Old English 'risan,' Germanic root meaning to move upward. The past participle 'risen' is irregular and distinct from the simple past 'rose,' making it one of English's oldest surviving irregular verbs.
English's irregular verbs like 'rise-rose-risen' are survival fossils from Old English—they're some of the oldest words we still use, which is why they're irregular instead of just adding '-ed' like modern verbs.
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