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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 up·rise /ˌʌpˈraɪz/
 升起,起立,上坡,出現(vi.)起義,上升,登高

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Up·rise v. i.
 1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon. Uprose the sun.”
    Uprose the virgin with the morning light.   --Pope.
 2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
    Uprose the mystic mountain range.   --Tennyson.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]