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uprisals

uprisals is the plural of uprisal.

Meaning of uprisal

Noun

uprisal (plural uprisals)

  1. (archaic) An uprising.
    • My staying won't do you any good," said the old lady, whose purple sun-bonnet seemed to heave with the uprisal of her hair, "except, perhaps, to get you a better meal than the servants would have given you.1886, Frank Richard Stockton, The Late Mrs. Null

Questions about uprisals

What is uprisals the plural of?
Uprisals is the plural of uprisal.

Words near uprisals in the dictionary

  1. upripped
  2. upripping
  3. uprips
  4. upript
  5. uprisal
  6. uprisals
  7. uprise
  8. uprisen
  9. upriser
  10. uprisers
  11. uprises

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