RESURRECT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does resurrect mean? 

• RESURRECT (verb)
  The verb RESURRECT has 3 senses:

1. cause to become alive again

2. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

3. return from the dead

  Familiarity information: RESURRECT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESURRECT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they resurrect    ... he / she / it resurrects   
Past simple: resurrected   
Past participle: resurrected   
-ing form: resurrecting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become alive again

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

raise; resurrect; upraise

Context example:

Upraising ghosts

Hypernyms (to "resurrect" is one way to...):

resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)

Verb group:

resurrect; rise; uprise (return from the dead)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

resurrection (a revival from inactivity and disuse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

resurrect; revive

Context example:

He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina

Hypernyms (to "resurrect" is one way to...):

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore (return to life; get or give new life or energy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "resurrect"):

republish (revive (a cancelled will or a libel))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Return from the dead

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

resurrect; rise; uprise

Context example:

The dead are to uprise

Hypernyms (to "resurrect" is one way to...):

return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before)

Verb group:

raise; resurrect; upraise (cause to become alive again)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

The mission ended in 2003, but newly resurrected data from Galileo’s first flyby of Ganymede is yielding new insights about the moon’s environment — which is unlike any other in the solar system.

(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)

Martin emitted a long, low whistle of incredulity, then proceeded to resurrect and read a carbon copy of "The Palmist."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

All the old memories and associations died down again and passed into the grave from which they had been resurrected.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And White Fang, resurrecting quite a deal of the old awe, seemed to wilt and to shrink in upon himself and grow small, as he cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious.

(White Fang, by Jack London)