I. |əp|rīz intransitive verb
( up·rose -rōz ; also archaic up·rist -rist ; up·ris·en -riz ə n ; also archaic uprist ; uprising ; uprises )
Etymology: Middle English uprisen, from up + risen to rise — more at rise
1.
a. : to rise to a higher position
the lands were uprising and new mountains were rearing their heads — W.E.Swinton
b.
(1) : to get up on one's feet : stand up
(2) : to get out of bed
c. : to come into view from below ; especially : to come into view from below the horizon
the glorious sun uprist — S.T.Coleridge
2. : to rise from the dead or the underworld
3. : to rise up in or as if in rebellion
4. : to become existent
since earth uprose — P.B.Shelley
5. : to rise up in sound
the whisper of gongs and trumpets uprose again — James Hilton
• up·ris·er -zə(r) noun
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : an act or instance of uprising: as
a. : the rising of a celestial body (as the sun) : dawn
b. : an act or instance of rising to a higher position
the uprise of the flood waters
c. : an act or instance of becoming existent or prominent : rise
the uprise of a new school of painters
d. : a direct rise from the end of a backward swing to a position of rest on a gymnastic apparatus (as the horizontal bar or flying rings)
2. : the beginning of a rise in the land : an increase in elevation
the horizon at which the plains end and, with a swift dramatic uprise , the world of the mountains begins — Wynford Vaughan-Thomas