uprise

up·rise

 (ŭp-rīz′)

intr.v. up·rose (-rōz′), up·ris·en (-rĭz′ən), up·ris·ing, up·ris·es

1. To get up or stand up; rise.

2. To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.

3. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.

4. To increase in pitch or volume; swell.

n. (ŭp′rīz′)

1. The act or process of rising.

2. An upward slope; an ascent.

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uprise

vb, -rises, -rising, -rose or -risen

(tr) to rise up

n

(Astronomy) another word for rise²⁴, rise²⁵, rise²⁶

upˈriser n

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up•rise

(v. ʌpˈraɪz; n. ˈʌpˌraɪz)

v. -rose, -ris•en, -ris•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to rise up; get up.

2. to rise into view.

3. to rise in revolt.

4. to come into existence or prominence.

5. to move upward; ascend.

6. to come above the horizon.

7. to slope upward.

8. to swell or grow, as a sound.

n.

9. an act of rising up.

[1250–1300]

up′ris`er, n.

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uprise

Past participle: uprisen
Gerund: uprising

Imperative

uprise

uprise

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	uprise - 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" arise, originate, spring up, develop, grow, rise develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" come forth, emerge - happen or occur as a result of something come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" well up, swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
	2.	uprise - ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church" ascend, go up - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
	3.	uprise - rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" bristle, stand up
	4.	uprise - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" get up, stand up, arise, rise take the floor - stand up to dance change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
	5.	uprise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" ascend, come up, rise astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
	6.	uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom - rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" go up - be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere" rocket, skyrocket - shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town" chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply; "The airplane chandelled" steam - rise as vapor uprise, ascend, come up, rise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
	7.	uprise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" resurrect, rise resurrect, upraise, raise - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
	8.	uprise - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" get up, arise, rise, turn out

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uprise

verb

To adopt a standing posture:

arise, get up, rise, stand (up), upspring.

Idiom: get to one's feet.

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