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Uprise v. i. (past uprose; past part. uprisen; pres. part. uprising)

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. "Uprose the sun." "Uprose the virgin with the morning light."

To have an upward direction or inclination. "Uprose the mystic mountain range."

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Etymology of 'Uprise'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Uprise" Quotes from Famous Books

... scents and sounds in the morning-tide * Of birds and zephyrs in fragrance vie; But I think of one, of an absent friend, * And tears rail like rain from a showery sky; And the flamy tongues in my breast uprise * As sparks from gleed that in dark air fly. Allah deign vouchsafe to a lover distraught * Someday the face of his dear to descry! For lovers, indeed, no excuse is clear, * Save excuse of sight and excuse ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton

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