Uprose

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uprose
       See {uprise}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uprise


       v 1: 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" [syn: {originate}, {arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {spring
            up}, {grow}]
       2: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the
          church"
       3: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a
          sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: {bristle}, {stand
          up}]
       4: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
          [syn: {arise}, {rise}, {get up}, {stand up}] [ant: {sit
          down}, {lie down}]
       5: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
          uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
          [syn: {rise}, {come up}, {ascend}] [ant: {set}]
       6: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
          forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: {rise},
           {lift}, {arise}, {move up}, {go up}, {come up}] [ant: {descend}]
       7: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
          uprise" [syn: {resurrect}, {rise}]
       8: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
          rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: {get up}, {turn
          out}, {arise}, {rise}] [ant: {go to bed}, {go to bed}]
       [also: {uprose}, {uprisen}]