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RESURRECT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become alive again

Example:

Upraising ghosts

Synonyms:

raise; resurrect; upraise

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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:

Return from the dead

Example:

The dead are to uprise

Synonyms:

resurrect; rise; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

Example:

He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina

Synonyms:

resurrect; revive

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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