uprise

/ p'raiz/
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Definition
  1. Intransitive Verb:
    • To rise from a lying, sitting, or kneeling position; to get up: To move from a lower to a higher vertical position, especially after rest or sleep.
    • To ascend or move upward: To go from a lower to a higher level or position.
    • To come into existence or prominence; to arise: To begin to exist or to become noticeable.
    • (Archaic) To rebel or revolt: To rise in opposition or insurrection.
Examples of Usage
  • Intransitive Verb:
    • He would uprise at dawn to begin his work. (He would get up at dawn to begin his work.)
    • The sun began to uprise over the horizon. (The sun began to rise over the horizon.)
    • A feeling of hope uprose within her. (A feeling of hope arose within her.)
    • (Archaic) The peasants uprose against the tyrant. (The peasants rebelled against the tyrant.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to uprise from": to emerge or originate from a source or condition.
    • A great movement uprose from the people's desire for freedom. (A great movement originated from the people's desire for freedom.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Uprose: Simple past tense of "uprise".
  • Uprisen: Past participle of "uprise".
  • Uprising (n): An act of rebellion or revolt; an insurrection.
    • The government suppressed the uprising.
  • Rise (v): A more common synonym with overlapping meanings.
Synonyms
  • Arise: To get up or come into existence.
  • Ascend: To move upward.
  • Emerge: To come into view or existence.
  • Originate: To begin or spring from.
  • Revolt: To rebel (for the archaic sense).
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Uprise" itself is not commonly used to form modern phrasal verbs. The related noun "uprising" is used instead.)

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms directly using the verb "uprise." The concept is more frequently expressed with the more common verb "rise," as in "rise and shine" or "rise to the occasion.")

Verb
  1. get up and out of bed
    • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    • They rose early
    • He uprose at night
  2. return from the dead
    • Christ is risen!
    • The dead are to uprise
  3. move upward
    • The fog lifted
    • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    • The mist uprose from the meadows
  4. come up, of celestial bodies
    • The sun also rises
    • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
    • Jupiter ascends
  5. rise to one's feet
    • The audience got up and applauded
  6. rise up as in fear
    • The dog's fur bristled
    • It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
  7. ascend as a sound
    • The choirs singing uprose and filled the church
  8. 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