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Resurrect

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Verb

1. raise, resurrect, upraise

cause to become alive again

Example Sentences:
'raise from the dead'
'Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected'
'Upraising ghosts'

2. resurrect, revive

restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

Example Sentences:
'He revived this style of opera'
'He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina'

3. resurrect, rise, uprise

return from the dead

Example Sentences:
'Christ is risen!'
'The dead are to uprise'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Resurrect

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verb
1. 
to rise or raise from the dead; bring or be brought back to life
2. (transitive)
to bring back into use or activity; revive
to resurrect an ancient law
3. (transitive)
to renew (one's hopes, etc)
4. (transitive) facetious
(formerly) to exhume and steal (a body) from its grave, esp in order to sell it

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Resurrect

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verb transitive
1. 
to raise from the dead or the grave; bring back to life
2. 
to bring back into notice, practice, use, etc.
verb intransitive
3. 
to rise from the dead

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Resurrect

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v. res·ur·rect·ed, res·ur·rect·ing, res·ur·rects
v.tr.
1. To bring back to life; raise from the dead.
2.
a. To bring back into practice, notice, or use: resurrect an old style.
b. To restore to vibrancy: resurrect a waterfront.
v.intr.
To rise from the dead; return to life.

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