[v. uhp-rahyz; n. uhp-rahyz] 
verb, -rose, -ris⋅en, -ris⋅ing, noun | 1. | to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture. |
| 2. | to rise into view: As we approached the city, the spires of tall buildings uprose as if to greet us. |
| 3. | to rise in revolt. |
| 4. | to come into existence or prominence: Many calamities uprose to plague the people during the war. |
| 5. | to move upward; mount up; ascend. |
| 6. | to come above the horizon. |
| 7. | to slope upward: The land uprises from the river to the hills. |
| 8. | to swell or grow, as a sound: A blare of trumpets uprose to salute the king. |
| 9. | an act of rising up. |
