uprose


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up·rose

 (ŭp-rōz′)
v.
Past tense of uprise.
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References in classic literature ?
Forthwith uprose fleet Ajax son of Oileus, with cunning Ulysses, and Nestor's son Antilochus, the fastest runner among all the youth of his time.
He uprose in full evening dress, And with senseless grimaces endeavored to say What his tongue could no longer express.
They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise.