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uprising

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up⋅ris⋅ing

  [uhp-rahy-zing, uhp-rahy-zing]
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–noun
1. an insurrection or revolt.
2. an act of rising up.
3. an ascent or acclivity.
Origin:
1200–50; ME; see up-, rising

Synonyms:
1. rebellion.

up⋅rise

  [v. uhp-rahyz; n. uhp-rahyz] verb, -rose, -ris⋅en, -ris⋅ing, noun
–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. 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.
–noun
9. an act of rising up.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME uprisen. See up-, rise

Related forms:
upriser, noun
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up·rise   (ŭp-rīz')   
intr.v.   up·rose (-rōz'), up·ris·en (-rĭz'ən), up·ris·ing, up·ris·es

  1. To get up or stand up; rise.

  2. To go, move, or incline upward; ascend.

  3. To rise into view, especially from below the horizon.

  4. To increase in pitch or volume; swell.

n.   (ŭp'rīz')

  1. The act or process of rising.

  2. An upward slope; an ascent.

up·ris·ing   (ŭp'rī'zĭng)   
n.  

  1. A sometimes limited popular revolt against a constituted government or its policies; a rebellion.

  2. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.

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Word Origin & History

uprising 
c.1250, "action of rising from death or the grave, resurrection," from up + rising (see rise). Meaning "action of rising from bed" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "insurrection, popular revolt" first attested 1587.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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