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Definition of: uprise
(up·rīz′) v.i. ·rose, ·ris·en, ·ris·ing 
1. To get up; rise, as from a seat or from sleep. 
2. To be or become erect. 
3. To go upward; ascend. 
4. To increase; swell. 
5. To rise into view. 
6. To rise in revolt. 
—noun (up′rīz′) 
1. The act of rising; ascent. 
2. An upward slope; upgrade.
				
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