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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. cause to become alive again;
- Example: "raise from the dead"
- Example: "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"
- Example: "Upraising ghosts"
[syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]

2. restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state;
- Example: "He revived this style of opera"
- Example: "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
[syn: revive, resurrect]

3. return from the dead;
- Example: "Christ is risen!"
- Example: "The dead are to uprise"
[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]