[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

uprise \uprise"\ u^primacz", v. i.
   1. to rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
      "uprose the sun." --cowley.
      1913 webster

            uprose the virgin with the morning light. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to have an upward direction or inclination.
      1913 webster

            uprose the mystic mountain range.     --tennyson.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

uprise \uprise"\, n.
   the act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. r.
   1913 webster

         did ever raven sing so like a lark,
         that gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise? --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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, 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, stand
        up
     4: rise to one's feet; "the audience got up and applauded"
        syn: arise, rise, get up, stand up ant: sit
        down, lie 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, ascend ant: 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 ant: descend
     7: return from the dead; "christ is risen"; "the dead are to
        uprise" syn: resurrect, rise
     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, rise ant: go to bed, go to bed
     also: uprose, uprisen
see also:
originate arise rise develop spring up grow 
bristle stand up get up stand up sit down 
lie down come up ascend set lift 
move up go up descend resurrect turn out 
go to bed uprose uprisen 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

150 moby thesaurus words for "uprise":
   olympian heights, abruptness, acclivity, acme, aerial heights,
   anabasis, apex, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent, bank, bristle,
   buss the clouds, cant, careen, clamber, climb, climbing, cock up,
   come up, curl upwards, decline, descend, dip, dizzy heights, drop,
   elevation, eminence, escalade, ether, fall, fall away, fall off,
   fountain, get up, go downhill, go up, go uphill, grade, gradient,
   grow, grow up, gush, gyring up, heaven, heavens, height, heights,
   incline, increase, jet, jump, jump up, keel, lean, leap, levitate,
   levitation, lift, list, loom, mount, mounting, pile out, pitch,
   precipitousness, raise, rake, ramp, rear, rear up, retreat, rise,
   rise up, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, roll out, saltation,
   shelve, shoot up, shooting up, sidle, sit bolt upright, sit up,
   sky, slant, slope, soar, soaring, spiral, spire, spout, spring,
   spurt, stand on tiptoe, stand up, steep, steepness, stick up,
   stratosphere, surge, swag, swarm up, sway, sweep up, takeoff,
   taking off, tilt, tip, tower, turn out, up, upclimb, upcoming,
   updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrow, upgrowth, upheave,
   uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprear, uprisal, uprising, uprush,
   upshoot, upslope, upspin, upspring, upstream, upsurge, upsurgence,
   upswarm, upsweep, upswing, upwind, vantage ground, vantage point,
   vault, vertical height, verticalness, zenith, zooming

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