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sunrising

sunrising noun: sunrise, daybreak. Also the present participle and gerund of sunrise.

Noun

sunrising (countable and uncountable, plural sunrisings)

  1. (obsolete) Sunrise, daybreak.
    • "Those," he says, "in the castle of Llanpadarn have submitted to the Prince, and have sworn on the body of the Lord, administered to them by the hands of our cousin Richard Courtney, chancellor of Oxford, in the presence of the Duke of York, that if we, or our son, or our lieutenant, shall not be...1838, J. Endell Tyler, Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1
    • The pilgrim they laid in a large upper chamber, whose window opened toward the sunrising.1903, Philip P. Wells, Bible Stories and Religious Classics

Also used as

sunrising is also the present participle and gerund of sunrise.

Synonyms of sunrising

Forms of sunrising

pluralsunrisings

Origin of sunrising

From sun + rising.

Questions about sunrising

What does sunrising mean?
Sunrising means sunrise, daybreak.
What part of speech is sunrising?
Sunrising is a noun.
What is the plural of sunrising?
The plural of sunrising is sunrisings.

Words near sunrising in the dictionary

  1. sunrised
  2. sunriser
  3. sunrisers
  4. sunrises
  5. sunrisey
  6. sunrising
  7. sunrisings
  8. sunrist
  9. sunrisy
  10. sunroof
  11. sunroofed

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