uprise

verb 3noun 1

Definitions

verb

1

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 take part in an uprising.

They had decided to uprise rather than face punishment, and they wanted all the help they could get.

noun

1

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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