Sekirov Dictionary

uprise

verb 3
noun 1
forms 6

verb3

•
To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
- They had decided to uprise rather than face punishment, and they wanted all the help they could get. — 1998
•
(no longer used) To rise; to get up.
- The great sky uprose from this silent sea without a cloud. The stars hung low in its expanse, burning in a violent mist of lower ether. — 1874
•
(no longer used) To have an upward direction or inclination.
- The voice grew faint: there came a further change; / Once more uprose the mystic mountain range: / Below were men and horses pierc'd with worms, / And slowly quickening into lower forms; […] — 1842

noun1

•
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
- I told her of my sufferings and my madness, And how, awakened from that dreamy mood By Liberty’s uprise, the strength of gladness Came to my spirit in my solitude; […] — 1817

forms

uprisen · uprose · uprising · uprises · upriseth · uprisest

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