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Resurrect

//ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To raise from the dead; to bring life back to. transitive
  2. 2
    cause to become alive again wordnet
  3. 3
    To rise from the dead; to return to life. intransitive
  4. 4
    return from the dead wordnet
  5. 5
    To restore to a working state. transitive
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  1. 6
    restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state wordnet
  2. 7
    To bring back to view or attention; to reinstate. transitive

    "Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later?"

Etymology

From Latin resurrēct-, past participial stem of resurgō, after resurrection.

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