different between uprising vs uprise

English

Noun

uprising (plural uprisings)

1. A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.

Translations

Verb

uprising

1. present participle of uprise

Anagrams

• rising up

English

Etymology

From Middle English uprisen, from Old English *?pr?san (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- +? rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German opr?singe (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).

Verb

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

1. (archaic) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI

     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.

2. (archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Vision of Sin

     Uprose the mystic mountain range.

3. To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
   • 1998, William B. Griffen, Apaches at War and Peace (page 92)

     They had decided to uprise rather than face punishment, and they wanted all the help they could get.

Noun

uprise (plural uprises)

1. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.

Related terms

• uprist

References

Anagrams

• Epirus, rise up