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Sunrise \Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \Sun"ris`ing\, n.
1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the
morning; more generally, the time of such appearance,
whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at
sunrise. "The tide of sunrise swells." --Keble.
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2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
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Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising.
--Deut. iv. 47
(Rev. Ver.)
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Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of
travel slack,
And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at
his back. --Whittier.
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