resurrect
English
Etymology
Back-formation from resurrection.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkt
Verb
resurrect (third-person singular simple present resurrects, present participle resurrecting, simple past and past participle resurrected)
- (transitive) To raise from the dead, to bring life back to.
- Synonym: revive
- (intransitive) To rise from the dead; return to life.
- (transitive) To restore to a working state.
- (transitive) To bring back to view or attention; reinstate.
- 2020 December 2, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: Class 56s revived, rebuilt and rebooted as GBRf Class 69s”, in Rail, page 28:
- Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later?
Translations
to raise from dead
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to restore to a working state
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to bring back to view or attention
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