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Uprising
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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verb (used without object)
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.
EXPANDto move upward; mount up; ascend.
noun
9.
an act of rising up.
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