resurrect (v.)

  1. cause to become alive again; raise from the dead; Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected; Upraising ghosts

    [ Syn: raise , upraise ]

  2. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; He revived this style of opera; He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina

    [ Syn: revive ]

  3. return from the dead; Christ is risen!; The dead are to uprise

    [ Syn: rise , uprise ]

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