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Where does “uprise” come from?

uprise (English) comes from Middle English uprisen, from Old English ūprīsan — to rise up.

uprise (English): To rise; to get up; to appear from below the...

Definitions

  1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the...

Ancestry of “uprise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishuprisen—
2Old Englishūprīsanto rise up

Words derived from “uprise”

  • upriseth
  • uprisal
  • upriser
  • uprisest
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