sunrise

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

   I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.

2. 2
   noun

   The change in color of the sky at dawn.

   Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?

3. 3
   noun

   Any great awakening.

   It was the sunrise of her spirit.

4. 4
   verb

   To phase in.

   In the first type (upper left quadrant), alternative industrial movements (AIMs) focus on the sunrising of new technologies.

5. 5
   verb

   To awake.

   As I "sunrised" and breakfasted, I saw the party of men and women that had come to Horse Camp with the pack-train filing up the long slope below.

6. 6
   verb

   To cheer up, brighten, or illuminate.

   "That would be nice of you." She sunrised him again with her smile.

7. 7
   adj

   of an industry or technology

8. 8
   noun

   the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon

Etymology

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