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Meaning of 'uprise' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Uprise [ n.]
- The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
2 . Uprise [ v. i.]
- To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
- To have an upward direction or inclination.

Meaning of 'uprise' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . uprise [ v]
Meaning (1):
- come into existence; take on form or shape
Example in sentence:
  • a love that sprang up from friendship;
  • A new religious movement originated in that country;
  • An interesting phenomenon uprose;
  • the idea for the book grew out of a short story
Meaning (2):
- return from the dead
Example in sentence:
  • Christ is risen!;
  • The dead are to uprise
Meaning (3):
- get up and out of bed
Example in sentence:
  • He uprose at night;
  • I get up at 7 A.M. every day;
  • They rose early
Meaning (4):
- rise up as in fear
Example in sentence:
  • It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!;
  • The dog's fur bristled
Meaning (5):
- come up, of celestial bodies
Example in sentence:
  • Jupiter ascends;
  • The sun also rises;
  • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
Meaning (6):
- rise to one's feet
Example in sentence:
  • The audience got up and applauded
Meaning (7):
- ascend as a sound
Example in sentence:
  • The choirs singing uprose and filled the church
Meaning (8):
- move upward
Example in sentence:
  • The fog lifted;
  • The mist uprose from the meadows;
  • The smoke arose from the forest fire

Nearby Words:

upraise uprear upridged upright uprighteously uprightly uprightness uprising uprist uproar

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