About The Word Uprise

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Uprise

Uprise Meaning & Definition
Uprise Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Uprise?

[v] get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
[v] return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
[v] move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
[v] come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
[v] rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
[v] rise up; of animals fur or hair; as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
[v] ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
[v] come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship,"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Uprise: arise | arise | arise | bristle | come up | develop | get up | get up | go up | grow | lift | move up | originate | rise | rise | rise | spring up | stand up | turn out

Related Terms | Find terms related to Uprise:

See Also | ascend | become | chandelle | change posture | climb | climb up | come | come back | come forth | emerge | follow | get back | go | go back | locomote | mount | move | resurge | return | rise up | rocket | scend | skyrocket | soar | soar up | soar upwards | steam | surface | surge | swell | take the floor | travel | uplift | uprise | well up | zoom

Uprise In Webster's Dictionary

\Up*rise"\, v. i. 1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. ``Uprose the sun.'' --Cowley. Uprose the virgin with the morning light. --Pope. 2. To have an upward direction or inclination. Uprose the mystic mountain range. --Tennyson.
\Up*rise"\, n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.] Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise? --Shak.

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