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resurrect
[rez-uh-rekt]
verb (used with object)
to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
to bring back into use, practice, etc..
to resurrect an ancient custom.
verb (used without object)
to rise from the dead.
resurrect
/ ˌɛəˈɛ /
verb
to rise or raise from the dead; bring or be brought back to life
(tr) to bring back into use or activity; revive
to resurrect an ancient law
(tr) to renew (one's hopes, etc)
facetious(tr) (formerly) to exhume and steal (a body) from its grave, esp in order to sell it
Other Word Forms
- resurrector noun
- unresurrected adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of resurrect1
Example Sentences
That's because some of the arguments being made by the state here are arguments that could resurrect a type of argument that the court rejected, 50, 60 years ago during the end of Jim Crow.
It’s not hard to see them resurrecting that playbook if Republicans take a meat-ax to Medicare and millions of Americans lose their healthcare coverage.
For more than a quarter century, director Kevin Smith has tried to resurrect “Dogma,” his religious satire about two fallen angels looking to get back into heaven.
Saudi Arabia and France are co-hosting an international conference next month meant to resurrect the two-state solution as an answer to the Gaza war.
The new film resurrects the plot of the first one: A group of teens who covered up a fatal car accident are being targeted by a vicious killer armed with a nasty hook.
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