Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Uprise \Up*rise"\, v. i.
   1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
      ``Uprose the sun.'' --Cowley.

            Uprose the virgin with the morning light. --Pope.

   2. To have an upward direction or inclination.

            Uprose the mystic mountain range.     --Tennyson.

Uprise \Up*rise"\, n.
   The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]

         Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet
         tidings of the sun's uprise?             --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

uprise
     v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious
          movement originated in that country"; "a love that
          sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew
          out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon
          uprose" [syn: {originate}, {arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {spring
          up}, {grow}]
     2: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the
        church"
     3: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a
        sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: {bristle}, {stand
        up}]
     4: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
        [syn: {arise}, {rise}, {get up}, {stand up}] [ant: {sit
        down}, {lie down}]
     5: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
        uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
        [syn: {rise}, {come up}, {ascend}] [ant: {set}]
     6: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
        forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: {rise},
         {lift}, {arise}, {move up}, {go up}, {come up}] [ant: {descend}]
     7: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
        uprise" [syn: {resurrect}, {rise}]
     8: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
        rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: {get up}, {turn
        out}, {arise}, {rise}] [ant: {go to bed}, {go to bed}]
     [also: {uprose}, {uprisen}]