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 [uhp-rohz]  

up·rose

   [uhp-rohz]
verb
simple past tense of uprise.
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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.
EXPAND
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.
COLLAPSE
noun
9.
an act of rising up.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English uprisen. See up-, rise

Related forms
up·ris·er, noun
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