Definition for UP-RISE'

UP-RISE', v.i. [s as z. pret. uprose; pp. uprisen.]

  1. To rise from bed or from a seat. Uprose the virgin with the morning light. Pope.
  2. To ascend above the horizon. Uprose the sun. Cowley.
  3. To ascend, as a hill. [Obs.] Shak.

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