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uprisen

uprisen is the simple past and past participle of uprise.

Meaning of uprise

Verb

uprise (third-person singular simple present uprises, present participle uprising, simple past uprose, past participle uprisen)

  1. (archaic) To rise; to get up.
    • 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.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
  2. (archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination.
    • The voice grew faint: there came a further change; / Once more uprose the mystic mountain range: / Below were men and horses pierc'd with worms, / And slowly quickening into lower forms; […]1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Vision of Sin”, in The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Chicago, Ill.: The Dominion Company, published 1897, →OCLC, stanza V, page 317
  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

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Questions about uprisen

What is uprisen the simple past and past participle of?
Uprisen is the simple past and past participle of uprise.

Words near uprisen in the dictionary

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

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