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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (8)

1. come into existence; take on form or shape;
- Example: "A new religious movement originated in that country"
- Example: "a love that sprang up from friendship"
- Example: "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"
- Example: "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
[syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]

2. ascend as a sound;
- Example: "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"

3. rise up as in fear;
- Example: "The dog's fur bristled"
- Example: "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
[syn: bristle, uprise, stand up]

4. rise to one's feet;
- Example: "The audience got up and applauded"
[syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up]

5. come up, of celestial bodies;
- Example: "The sun also rises"
- Example: "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
- Example: "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend]

6. move upward;
- Example: "The fog lifted"
- Example: "The smoke arose from the forest fire"
- Example: "The mist uprose from the meadows"
[syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise]

7. return from the dead;
- Example: "Christ is risen!"
- Example: "The dead are to uprise"
[syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]

8. get up and out of bed;
- Example: "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"
- Example: "They rose early"
- Example: "He uprose at night"
[syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]