uprise

Etymology

From Middle English uprisen, from Old English *ūprīsan (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- + rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German oprīsinge (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).

verb

  1. (archaic) To rise; to get up.
    1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI The great sky uprose from this silent sea without a cloud. The stars hung low in its expanse, burning in a violent mist of lower ether.
  2. (archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination.
  3. To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
    They had decided to uprise rather than face punishment, and they wanted all the help they could get. 1998, William B. Griffen, Apaches at War and Peace, page 92

noun

  1. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.

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