uprise

[ verb uhp-rahyz; noun uhp-rahyz ]

/ verb ʌpˈraɪz; noun ˈʌpˌraɪz /

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verb (used without object), up·rose, up·ris·en, up·ris·ing.

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.

noun

an act of rising up.

Words nearby uprise

upraise, uprate, uprear, upright, upright piano, uprise, uprising, upriver, uproar, uproarious, uproot

Origin of uprise

First recorded in 1250–1300, uprise is from the Middle English word uprisen. See up-, rise

OTHER WORDS FROM uprise

up·ris·er, noun

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The Reverend Grasty stood waiting for the first words of the hymn to uprise from below him in a mighty swing.
Those Times And These|Irvin S. Cobb
By degrees, the froth and the rainbow disappeared, and the bottom of the gulf seemed slowly to uprise.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
The first was the downfall of young Harry Greenacre, and the other the uprise of Mrs. Lookaloft and her family.
Barchester Towers|Anthony Trollope
Benjamin of Tiberias, leader of a Jewish uprise in Palestine, 19, 22.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz

Nor was the uprise of Protestantism in Scotland the only result of her policy in giving fire and strength to the new religion.
History of the English People|John Richard Green

British Dictionary definitions for uprise

uprise

verb (ʌpˈraɪz) -rises, -rising, -rose or -risen

(tr) to rise up

noun (ˈʌpˌraɪz)

another word for rise (def. 24), rise (def. 25), rise (def. 26)

Derived forms of uprise

upriser, noun

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uprise

verb (used without object), up·rose, up·ris·en, up·ris·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for uprise

verb (ʌpˈraɪz) -rises, -rising, -rose or -risen

noun (ˈʌpˌraɪz)

Derived forms of uprise