noun
- Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
- synonyms: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising
verb
- Come into existence; take on form or shape.
- usage: "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"
- Ascend as a sound.
- usage: "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
- synonyms: uprise
- Rise up as in fear.
- usage: "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise"
- Rise to one's feet.
- usage: "The audience got up and applauded"
- Come up, of celestial bodies.
- usage: "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
- Move upward.
- usage: "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- Return from the dead.
- usage: "Christ is risen"; "The dead are to uprise"
- Get up and out of bed.
- usage: "I get up at 7 A. M. Every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
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