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Sunrise

//ˈsʌnɹaɪz//

Definitions

1
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.
Similar
sunup daybreak sparrow-fart
Opposite
sunset
2
The change in color of the sky at dawn.
Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?
Opposite
sunset
3
Any great awakening.
It was the sunrise of her spirit.
Opposite
sunset

1
To phase in.
In the first type (upper left quadrant), alternative industrial movements (AIMs) focus on the sunrising of new technologies.
Opposite
sunset

Word Origin

From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

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Sunrise

//ˈsʌnɹaɪz//

Definitions

nounsunrises

1
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.
Similar
sunup daybreak sparrow-fart
Opposite
sunset
2
The change in color of the sky at dawn.
Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?
Opposite
sunset
3
Any great awakening.
It was the sunrise of her spirit.
Opposite
sunset

verbsunrises · sunrising · sunrised

1
To phase in.
In the first type (upper left quadrant), alternative industrial movements (AIMs) focus on the sunrising of new technologies.
Opposite
sunset

Word Origin

From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

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