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Webster 1913 Edition
Uprise
Up-rise′
(ŭp-rīz′)
, Verb.
I.
1.
To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
“Uprose the sun.” Cowley.
Uprose
the virgin with the morning light. Pope.
2.
To have an upward direction or inclination.
Uprose
the mystic mountain range. Tennyson.
Up-rise′
,Noun.
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
[R.]
Did ever raven sing so like a lark,
That gives sweet tidings of the sun’s
That gives sweet tidings of the sun’s
uprise
? Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Uprise
UPRI'SE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To rise from bed or from a seat.Uprose the virgin with the morning light.
2.
To ascend above the horizon.Uprose the sun.
3.
To ascend, as a hill. Obs.UPRI'SE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
uprise
uprise
English
Verb
uprise (third-person singular simple present uprises, present participle uprising, simple past uprose, past participle uprisen)
- (archaic) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
- 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.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
- (archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination
- Tennyson
- Uprose the mystic mountain range.
- Tennyson
- To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
- 1998, William B. Griffen, Apaches at War and Peace (page 92)
- They had decided to uprise rather than face punishment, and they wanted all the help they could get.
- 1998, William B. Griffen, Apaches at War and Peace (page 92)
Noun
uprise (plural uprises)
- The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.