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resurrect
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb resurrect has 3 senses
- resurrect(v = verb.body) raise, upraise - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" is one way to resuscitate, revive
- resurrect(v = verb.change) revive - restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" is one way to regenerate, rejuvenate, restore
- resurrect(v = verb.body) rise, uprise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" is one way to return
Derived form noun resurrection2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
resurrect, v. t. [See Resurrection.].
- To take from the grave; to disinter. [1913 Webster]
- To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
resurrect, v.
1 tr. colloq. revive the practice, use, or memory of.
2 tr. take from the grave; exhume.
3 tr. dig up.
4 tr. & intr. raise or rise from the dead.
1 tr. colloq. revive the practice, use, or memory of.
2 tr. take from the grave; exhume.
3 tr. dig up.
4 tr. & intr. raise or rise from the dead.
Etymology
back-form. f. RESURRECTION
THESAURUS
resurrect
bring back, bring to, call back, copy, do over, duplicate, make over, raise, re-create, re-form, reactivate, reanimate, rebuild, recall to life, recharge, reconstitute, reconstruct, recruit, redesign, redo, reestablish, refashion, refound, refresh, regenerate, reheat the ashes, reincarnate, reinspire, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, relight, remake, renew, renovate, reorganize, repeat, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore, restructure, resuscitate, retrieve, return, revise, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, stir the embers, warm over, warm up
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