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sunrise

noun
/ˈsʌnɹaɪz/US

Etymology

From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

  1. inherited from sonne-rys

Definitions

  1. The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

    • I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.

  2. The change in color of the sky at dawn.

    • Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?

  3. Any great awakening.

    • It was the sunrise of her spirit.
    • Her face shone for a moment with new and unearthly splendour, her eyes lighted up with a very sunrise of joy.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To phase in.

      • In the first type (upper left quadrant), alternative industrial movements (AIMs) focus on the sunrising of new technologies.

    2. To awake.

      • As I "sunrised" and breakfasted, I saw the party of men and women that had come to Horse Camp with the pack-train filing up the long slope below.

    3. To cheer up, brighten, or illuminate.

      • "That would be nice of you." She sunrised him again with her smile.

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Derived

instant sunrise, Northern Sunrise County, presunrise, sunrise clause, sunrise industry, Sunrise Manor, sunrise period, sunrise problem, sunrise provision, sunriser, sunrise service, sunrisy, tequila sunrise

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sunrise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at sunrise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at sunrise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA