uprisen

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The whole town had uprisen as one man and demanded a dress-suit.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

He had heard the remarkable speech of his friend, Mr. Gladstone, in the Oxford Union, against the Reform Bill, and had written home regarding him, that "a man had uprisen in Israel."

From The Grand Old Man by Cook, Richard B. (Richard Briscoe)

Our Britain! uprisen in the splendour   Of your white wrath at treacheries so vile;   Roused from your sleep, become once more defender   Of those high things which make life worth life's while!

From 'All's Well!' by Oxenham, John

Behold this forest of uprisen spears,   Symbol of might!

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen

His son, Lord Lincoln, had heard Gladstone’s speech against the Reform Bill delivered in the Oxford Union, and had written home that “a man had uprisen in Israel.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various