Synonyms for Rises:

v.

•ascends (verb)
ascends, climbs, levitates, mounts, lifts, soars, elevates, floats, Scales.
•elevates (verb)
exalts, erects, uplifts, rears, heightens, upraises, raises, hoists, escalates.
•heightens (verb)
lofts.

Usage examples for rises

1. It rises breaks its bonds, and their walls fall. – A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn

2. Step by step I enter the water; foot by foot the river rises to my waist, to my shoulders- to my head. – Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

3. This island, as seen from the sea, forms a quite level plain, which rises little above the surface of the water. – The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by A.E. Nordenskieold