resurrect

res·ur·rect  (rz-rkt)

v. res·ur·rect·ed, res·ur·rect·ing, res·ur·rects

v.tr.

1. To bring back to life; raise from the dead.

2. To bring back into practice, notice, or use.

v.intr.

To rise from the dead; return to life.

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[Back-formation from resurrection.]

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resur·rector n.

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resurrect [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkt]

vb

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) to rise or raise from the dead; bring or be brought back to life

2. (tr) to bring back into use or activity; revive to resurrect an ancient law

3. (tr) to renew (one's hopes, etc.)

4. (tr) Facetious (formerly) to exhume and steal (a body) from its grave, esp in order to sell it

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	resurrect - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" upraise, raise resuscitate, revive - cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" resurrect, uprise, rise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
	2.	resurrect - restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" revive restore, regenerate, rejuvenate - return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" republish - revive (a cancelled will or a libel)
	3.	resurrect - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" uprise, rise resurrect, upraise, raise - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

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resurrect

verb

1. revive, renew, bring back, kick-start (informal), reintroduce, breathe new life into Attempts to resurrect the ceasefire have failed.

2. restore to life, bring back to life, raise from the dead Only the True Cross was able to resurrect a dead youth.

Translations

resurrect [ˌrezəˈrekt] VT → resucitar

resurrect [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkt] vt

[+ belief, tradition, practice, debate] → ressusciter
to resurrect sb's career → ressusciter la carrière de qn

(RELIGION) → ressusciter

resurrect

vt

(lit) person → wiederbeleben; (Rel) → auferstehen lassen; to be resurrected → auferstehen

(fig) law → wieder einführen; ideology, institution → wieder ins Leben rufen; custom, fashion, style, career → wieder beleben; custom, fashion, style, career → wieder beleben; ideas, memories → wieder aufleben lassen; (inf) old dress etc → ausgraben (inf); to resurrect the past → die Vergangenheit wieder heraufbeschwören

resurrect [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkt] vt → risuscitare (fig) (ideas, fashion) → riesumare