Resurrect
[rezə'rekt]
Definition
(verb.) cause to become alive again; 'raise from the dead'; 'Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected'; 'Upraising ghosts'.
(verb.) return from the dead; 'Christ is risen!'; 'The dead are to uprise'.
Editor: Upton--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To take from the grave; to disinter.
(v. t.) To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost).
Checker: Wilmer
Examples
- The white city of the Mellahah, resurrected for a moment out of the dead centuries, will have disappeared again and left no sign. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- During the ten days or a fortnight we staid there one paper was murdered and resurrected twice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Luther