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English Dictionary: uprise |
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3 results for uprise |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- uprise
- v
- 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"
Synonym(s): originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
- ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
- rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
Synonym(s): bristle, uprise, stand up
- rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
Synonym(s): arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up Antonym(s): lie, lie down, sit, sit down
- come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
Synonym(s): rise, come up, uprise, ascend Antonym(s): go down, go under, set
- move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
Synonym(s): rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise Antonym(s): come down, descend, fall, go down
- return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
Synonym(s): resurrect, rise, uprise
- get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
Synonym(s): get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise Antonym(s): bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Uprise \Up*rise"\, v. i.
1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
[bd]Uprose the sun.[b8] --Cowley.
Uprose the virgin with the morning light. --Pope.
2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
Uprose the mystic mountain range. --Tennyson.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Uprise \Up*rise"\, n.
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 uprise? --Shak.
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