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Verb: resurrect  ,re-zu'rekt
  1. Cause to become alive again
    "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected";
    - raise, upraise
     
  2. Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
    "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina";
    - revive
     
  3. Return from the dead
    - rise, uprise

Derived forms: resurrected, resurrecting, resurrects

Type of: regenerate, rejuvenate, restore, resuscitate, return, revive

Encyclopedia: Resurrect