Up"roar (?), n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. opror, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hrran to stir, hrr stirring, active, G. ruhren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hraera, Dan. rore, Sw. rora. Cf. Rearmouse.] [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.]
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar.
Acts xvii. 5.
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Up*roar" (?), v. t.
To throw into uproar or confusion.
[Obs.] "
Uproar the universal peace."
Shak.
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Up*roar", v. i.
To make an uproar.
[R.]
Carlyle.
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