uprise
to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture.
to rise into view: As we approached the city, the spires of tall buildings uprose as if to greet us.
to rise in revolt.
to come into existence or prominence: Many calamities uprose to plague the people during the war.
to move upward; mount up; ascend.
to come above the horizon.
to slope upward: The land uprises from the river to the hills.
to swell or grow, as a sound: A blare of trumpets uprose to salute the king.
an act of rising up.
Origin of uprise
1Other words from uprise
- upriser, noun
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How to use uprise in a sentence
So when a sorcerer casts spiced herbs upon the flame, and scented vapour uprises, and in the vapour images appear.
If Winter Comes | A.S.M. HutchinsonSpringing from the deepest and best that is implanted in man, it fertilizes the soil from which it uprises.
For Every Music Lover | Aubertine Woodward MooreEach stubble-field whence uprises the lark supplies music to his ears.
Famous European Artists | Sarah K. Bolton
British Dictionary definitions for uprise
(tr) to rise up
Derived forms of uprise
- upriser, noun
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