RESURRECT

resurrect, raise, upraise

(verb) cause to become alive again; “raise from the dead”; “Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected”; “Upraising ghosts”

resurrect, rise, uprise

(verb) return from the dead; “Christ is risen!”; “The dead are to uprise”

revive, resurrect

(verb) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; “He revived this style of opera”; “He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

resurrect (third-person singular simple present resurrects, present participle resurrecting, simple past and past participle resurrected)

(transitive) To raise from the dead, to bring life back to.

To re-use.

(transitive) To bring to view or attention.

Source: Wiktionary


Res`ur*rect", v. t. Etym: [See Resurrection.]

1. To take from the grave; to disinter. [Slang]

2. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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