uprise

verb

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”).

inherited from ūprīsan
inherited from uprisen

Definitions

1
To rise
To rise; to get up.
- 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.
- With the day, though not so early as the sun, uprose Miss Susan Nipper.
2
To have an upward direction or inclination.
- 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; […]
3
To rebel or revolt
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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1. 4
  The act of rising
  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; […]

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