verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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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6. 6
   restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state wordnet
7. 7
   To bring back to view or attention; to reinstate. transitive

   "Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later?"

Synonyms

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reviverevivebring backbring back to lifebring tobring to life

Antonyms

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kill

Example

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"Necromancers can resurrect the dead."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

re use

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