Definition of Uprise

• ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
• a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer
• 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"