resurrect
Use Resurrect in a sentence
əˈrɛkt verb (used with object)
1.
to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
2.
to bring back into use, practice, etc.: to resurrect an ancient custom.
verb (used without object)
3.
to rise from the dead.
Related forms
res·ur·rec·tor, noun
un·res·ur·rect·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to rise or raise from the dead; bring or be brought back to life |
| 2. | (tr) to bring back into use or activity; revive: to resurrect an ancient law |
| 3. | (tr) to renew (one's hopes, etc) |
| 4. | facetious (tr) (formerly) to exhume and steal (a body) from its grave, esp in order to sell it |
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Resurrect
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is subtilize. Does it mean:
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about. |
Example sentences
The similarities between woolly mammoths and elephants suggests a way to resurrect the extinct species.
Now here is a guy who wants to resurrect it because he spotted some spurious correlations.
It will neither resurrect the past nor return me to it.
If you think he's a myth, it would be difficult to resurrect him at all.
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