uprise = 'to escalate or worsen'

[Neal Whitman]

How long before we get spellings like, "I wanted to uprise you of 
something that occurred"?

Neal

On 8/18/2014 8:11 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> St. Louis police spokesman on CNN:
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> "Comments were made that caused the situation to uprise."
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> JL
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