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Verb: uprise (uprose,uprisen)  ,úp'rIz
  1. Come into existence; take on form or shape
    "An interesting phenomenon uprose";
    - originate, arise, rise, develop, spring up, grow
     
  2. Ascend as a sound
    "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
     
  3. Rise up as in fear
    "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!";
    - bristle, stand up
     
  4. Get on one's feet from a sitting or kneeling position
    - arise, rise, get up, stand up
     
  5. (astronomy) come up, of celestial bodies
    "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...";
    - rise, come up, ascend
     
  6. Move upward
    "The mist uprose from the meadows";
    - rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up
     
  7. Return from the dead
    "The dead are to uprise";
    - resurrect, rise
     
  8. Get up and out of bed
    "He uprose at night";
    - get up, turn out, arise, rise

Derived forms: uprisen, uprises, uprose, uprising

See also: travel

Type of: ascend, become, change posture, go, go up, locomote, move, return, travel