[syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Resurrect \Res`ur*rect"\, v. t. [See Resurrection.]
1. To take from the grave; to disinter. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
2. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that
which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
resurrect
v 1: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead";
"Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected";
"Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, 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, resurrect]
3: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "resurrect":
bring back, bring to, call back, copy, do over, duplicate,
make over, raise, re-create, re-form, reactivate, reanimate,
rebuild, recall to life, recharge, reconstitute, reconstruct,
recruit, redesign, redo, reestablish, refashion, refound, refresh,
regenerate, reheat the ashes, reincarnate, reinspire, reinstitute,
reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, relight, remake, renew, renovate,
reorganize, repeat, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore,
restructure, resuscitate, retrieve, return, revise, revitalize,
revive, revivify, rewarm, stir the embers, warm over, warm up