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uprise in WordNet English dictionary
verb- get up and out of bed
"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
get up turn out arise uprise rise
- rise to one's feet
"The audience got up and applauded"
arise rise uprise get up stand up
- move upward
"The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
rise lift arise move up go up come up uprise
- 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"
originate arise rise develop uprise spring up grow
- come up, of celestial bodies
"The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
rise come up uprise ascend
- rise up as in fear
"The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
bristle uprise stand up
- return from the dead
"Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
resurrect rise uprise
- ascend as a sound
"The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
uprise
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University