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up·rise

 (ŭp-rīz′)
intr.v. up·rose (-rōz′), up·ris·en (-rĭz′ən), up·ris·ing, up·ris·es
1. To get up or stand up; rise.
2. To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.
3. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.
4. To increase in pitch or volume; swell.
n. (ŭp′rīz′)
1. The act or process of rising.
2. An upward slope; an ascent.
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uprise

vb, -rises, -rising, -rose or -risen
(tr) to rise up
n
(Astronomy) another word for rise24, rise25, rise26
upˈriser n
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up•rise

(v. ʌpˈraɪz; n. ˈʌpˌraɪz)

v. -rose, -ris•en, -ris•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to rise up; get up.
2. to rise into view.
3. to rise in revolt.
4. to come into existence or prominence.
5. to move upward; ascend.
6. to come above the horizon.
7. to slope upward.
8. to swell or grow, as a sound.
n.
9. an act of rising up.
[1250–1300]
up′ris`er, n.
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uprise


Past participle: uprisen
Gerund: uprising

Imperative
uprise
uprise
Present
I uprise
you uprise
he/she/it uprises
we uprise
you uprise
they uprise
Preterite
I uprose
you uprose
he/she/it uprose
we uprose
you uprose
they uprose
Present Continuous
I am uprising
you are uprising
he/she/it is uprising
we are uprising
you are uprising
they are uprising
Present Perfect
I have uprisen
you have uprisen
he/she/it has uprisen
we have uprisen
you have uprisen
they have uprisen
Past Continuous
I was uprising
you were uprising
he/she/it was uprising
we were uprising
you were uprising
they were uprising
Past Perfect
I had uprisen
you had uprisen
he/she/it had uprisen
we had uprisen
you had uprisen
they had uprisen
Future
I will uprise
you will uprise
he/she/it will uprise
we will uprise
you will uprise
they will uprise
Future Perfect
I will have uprisen
you will have uprisen
he/she/it will have uprisen
we will have uprisen
you will have uprisen
they will have uprisen
Future Continuous
I will be uprising
you will be uprising
he/she/it will be uprising
we will be uprising
you will be uprising
they will be uprising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been uprising
you have been uprising
he/she/it has been uprising
we have been uprising
you have been uprising
they have been uprising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been uprising
you will have been uprising
he/she/it will have been uprising
we will have been uprising
you will have been uprising
they will have been uprising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been uprising
you had been uprising
he/she/it had been uprising
we had been uprising
you had been uprising
they had been uprising
Conditional
I would uprise
you would uprise
he/she/it would uprise
we would uprise
you would uprise
they would uprise
Past Conditional
I would have uprisen
you would have uprisen
he/she/it would have uprisen
we would have uprisen
you would have uprisen
they would have uprisen
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.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"
develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years"
come forth, emerge - happen or occur as a result of something
come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
well up, swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
2.uprise - ascend as a sounduprise - ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
ascend, go up - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
3.uprise - rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
4.uprise - rise to one's feetuprise - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
take the floor - stand up to dance
change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
5.uprise - come up, of celestial bodiesuprise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
6.uprise - move upwarduprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"
climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom - rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
go up - be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"
rocket, skyrocket - shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"
bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface"
uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"
chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply; "The airplane chandelled"
steam - rise as vapor
uprise, ascend, come up, rise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
7.uprise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
resurrect, upraise, raise - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
8.uprise - get up and out of beduprise - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
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uprise

verb
To adopt a standing posture:
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