'Uprise' definitions:

Definition of 'uprise'

From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]
verb
Ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
verb
Rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand up]
verb
Rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down]
verb
Come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set]
verb
Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
verb
Return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]
verb
Get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in]

Definition of 'Uprise'

From: GCIDE
  • Uprise \Up*rise"\ ([u^]p*r[imac]z"), v. i.
  • 1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. "Uprose the sun." --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
  • Uprose the virgin with the morning light. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To have an upward direction or inclination. [1913 Webster]
  • Uprose the mystic mountain range. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Uprise'

From: GCIDE
  • Uprise \Up*rise"\, n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'uprise'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Uprise'