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uprise
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Uprise \Up*rise"\ ([u^]p*r[imac]z"), v. i.
1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
"Uprose the sun." --Cowley.
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Uprose the virgin with the morning light. --Pope.
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2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
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Uprose the mystic mountain range. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Uprise \Up*rise"\, n.
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]
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Did ever raven sing so like a lark,
That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise? --Shak.
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