uprise

Definition

To rise; to get up.

Etymology

From Middle English uprisen, from Old English ūprīsan (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- + rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German oprīsinge (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).

Example Sentences

• "1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI 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."
• "With the day, though not so early as the sun, uprose Miss Susan Nipper."
• "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; […]"