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Rise from the dead

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become alive (or undead) after having died.

    "The story of dead Ebola victims rising from the dead, with the first "picture" of one of the zombies that has gone viral, (if it weren't glaringly obvious) is a hoax."

  2. 2
    To come back into general use after becoming obsolete. figuratively

Etymology

A translation of the Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι ἐκ νεκρῶν (anístēmi ek nekrôn), from ἀνίστημι (anístēmi) and νεκρός (nekrós, “dead person; dead”). Used in the King James Bible, for instance.

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