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.

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Origin of uprise

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

OTHER WORDS FROM uprise

upriser, noun

Words nearby uprise

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

How to use uprise in a sentence

Then from the pool, with fear and awe, the Ogre saw brave Eut-le-ten uprise.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island|Alfred Carmichael
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
The uprise of an idea, perception of a principle, makes many one and inseparable.
Tablets|Amos Bronson Alcott
The first was the downfall of young Harry Greenacre, and the other the uprise of Mrs. Lookaloft and her family.
Barchester Towers|Anthony Trollope

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

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

Origin of uprise

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