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Uprise
Definitions
- 1 The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
"I told her of my sufferings and my madness, And how, awakened from that dreamy mood By Liberty’s uprise, the strength of gladness Came to my spirit in my solitude; […]"
- 1 To rise; to get up. archaic
"1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI The great sky uprose from this silent sea without a cloud. The stars hung low in its expanse, burning in a violent mist of lower ether."
- 2 get up and out of bed wordnet
- 3 To have an upward direction or inclination. archaic
"The voice grew faint: there came a further change; / Once more uprose the mystic mountain range: / Below were men and horses pierc'd with worms, / And slowly quickening into lower forms; […]"
- 4 return from the dead wordnet
- 5 To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
"They had decided to uprise rather than face punishment, and they wanted all the help they could get."
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- 6 move upward wordnet
- 7 come up, of celestial bodies wordnet
- 8 rise to one's feet wordnet
- 9 rise up as in fear wordnet
- 10 ascend as a sound wordnet
- 11 come into existence; take on form or shape wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English uprisen, from Old English ūprīsan (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- + rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German oprīsinge (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).
From Middle English uprisen, from Old English ūprīsan (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- + rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German oprīsinge (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).
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