to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture.

to rise into view

As we approached the city, the spires of tall buildings uprose as if to greet us.

to rise in revolt.

to come into existence or prominence

Many calamities uprose to plague the people during the war.

to move upward; mount up; ascend.

to come above the horizon.

to slope upward

The land uprises from the river to the hills.

to swell or grow, as a sound

A blare of trumpets uprose to salute the king.

an act of rising up.

verb

arise , get up , rise , stand , upspring