noun
Meaning 1
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uprise
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verb
Meaning 2
To rise; to get up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI The great sky uprose from this silent sea without a cloud. The stars hung low in its expanse, burning in a violent mist of lower ether.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To have an upward direction or inclination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 4
To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
get up and out of bed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I get up at 7 A.M. every day
- They rose early
- He uprose at night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: get up, turn out, arise, rise
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
return from the dead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Christ is risen!
- The dead are to uprise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resurrect, rise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: return
verb
Meaning 7
move upward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The fog lifted
- The smoke arose from the forest fire
- The mist uprose from the meadows
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: scend, surge, climb, climb up, mount, go up, soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom, rocket, skyrocket, bubble, uplift, chandelle, steam, rise, come up, uprise, ascend
verb
Meaning 8
come up, of celestial bodies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The sun also rises
- The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
- Jupiter ascends
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rise, come up, ascend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
verb
Meaning 9
rise to one's feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The audience got up and applauded
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arise, rise, get up, stand up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change posture
Narrower terms: take the floor
verb
Meaning 10
rise up as in fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The dog's fur bristled
- It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bristle, stand up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
ascend as a sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The choirs singing uprose and filled the church
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ascend, go up
verb
Meaning 12
come into existence; take on form or shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: originate, arise, rise, develop, spring up, grow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: become
Narrower terms: resurge, come forth, emerge, come, follow, well up, swell, head
History
Etymology
From Middle English uprisen, from Old English ūprīsan (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- + rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German oprīsinge (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: se rebeller — to rebel or revolt
- French: se révolter — to rebel or revolt
- Spanish: sublevarse — to rebel or revolt
- Spanish: soliviantarse — to rebel or revolt