resurrect Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to become alive again
    raise; upraise.
    • raise from the dead
    • Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
    • Upraising ghosts
  2. verb restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
    revive.
    • He revived this style of opera
    • He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina
  3. verb return from the dead
    rise; uprise.
    • Christ is risen!
    • The dead are to uprise

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