What does UPRISE mean?

Definitions for UPRISE
ʌpˈraɪz; ˈʌpˌraɪzup·rise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, growverb

    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"

  2. upriseverb

    ascend as a sound

    "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"

  3. bristle, uprise, stand upverb

    rise up as in fear

    "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"

  4. arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand upverb

    rise to one's feet

    "The audience got up and applauded"

  5. rise, come up, uprise, ascendverb

    come up, of celestial bodies

    "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

  6. rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, upriseverb

    move upward

    "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

  7. resurrect, rise, upriseverb

    return from the dead

    "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

  8. get up, turn out, arise, uprise, riseverb

    get up and out of bed

    "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

Wiktionary

  1. uprisenoun

    The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.

  2. upriseverb

    To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

  3. upriseverb

    To have an upward direction or inclination

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Uprisenoun

    Appearance above the horizon.

    Did ever raven sing so like a lark,
    That gives sweet tidings of the sun’s uprise? William Shakespeare.

  2. To Upriseverb

    Etymology: up and rise

    Early, before the morn with crimson ray,
    The windows of bright heaven opened had,
    Through which into the world the dawning day
    Might look, that maketh every creature glad,
    Uprose Sir Gyon. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

    Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising. Ps. cxxxix.

    Uprose the virgin with the morning light,
    Obedient to the vision of the night. Alexander Pope.

    Uprose the sun. Abraham Cowley.

    Was that the king that spurr’d his horse so hard
    Against the steep uprising of the hill? William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. uprise

    Uprise generally means to rise or ascend to a higher position or status. It can also refer to a state of emergence, increasing, becoming more apparent or noticeable. This term can be defined in different contexts as: 1. In the literal sense: to get up, stand erect or to ascend, such as the sun or a tower above the surrounding territory. 2. In a figurative sense: to move upward in terms of social status, power, scale, etc. 3. In politics and social issues, it means to rise in rebellion or revolt against an established authority or government; often used as 'uprising'. Thus, the specific definition can vary, and should be inferred from the context in which it is being used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Upriseverb

    to rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon

  2. Upriseverb

    to have an upward direction or inclination

  3. Uprisenoun

    the act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Uprise

    up-rīz′, v.i. to rise up.—ns. Up′rise (Shak.), the act of rising: appearance above the horizon; Uprī′sing, the act of rising up, ascent: any strong outburst of popular excitement, insurrection: (Shak.) an ascent, a steep place.—v.pa.t. Uprist′ (Coleridge), uprose.

Anagrams for UPRISE »

  1. rise up

  2. Epirus

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of UPRISE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of UPRISE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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