uprise

[ verb uhp-rahyz; noun uhp-rahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, up·rose, up·ris·en, up·ris·ing.

1. to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture.
2. to rise into view:

   As we approached the city, the spires of tall buildings uprose as if to greet us.

3. to rise in revolt.
4. to come into existence or prominence:

   Many calamities uprose to plague the people during the war.

5. to move upward; mount up; ascend.
6. to come above the horizon.
7. to slope upward:

   The land uprises from the river to the hills.

8. to swell or grow, as a sound:

   A blare of trumpets uprose to salute the king.

noun

1. an act of rising up.

uprise

verb

1. tr to rise up

noun

1. See rise
   another word for rise rise rise

Derived Forms

• upˈriser, noun

Other Words From

• upriser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uprise¹

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

Example Sentences

Then from the pool, with fear and awe, the Ogre saw brave Eut-le-ten uprise.

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Nor was the uprise of Protestantism in Scotland the only result of her policy in giving fire and strength to the new religion.

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The uprise of an idea, perception of a principle, makes many one and inseparable.

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The first was the downfall of young Harry Greenacre, and the other the uprise of Mrs. Lookaloft and her family.

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By degrees, the froth and the rainbow disappeared, and the bottom of the gulf seemed slowly to uprise.

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