From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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Uprose the virgin with the morning light. --Pope.
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2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
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Uprose the mystic mountain range. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Uprise \Up*rise"\, n.
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]
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Did ever raven sing so like a lark,
That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise? --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uprise
v 1: 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}]
2: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the
church"
3: 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}]
4: 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}]
5: 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}]
6: 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}]
7: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
uprise" [syn: {resurrect}, {rise}, {uprise}]
8: 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}]
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