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resurrect

verb

Cause to become alive again

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
R
Ends with
T
Contains
ES
Scrabble score
11

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt

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Meaning

Definitions

verb

  1. Cause to become alive again

    “Raise from the dead”

verb

  1. Return from the dead

    “Christ is risen!”

verb

  1. Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

    “He revived this style of opera”

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Example Sentences

Raise from the dead
Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
Upraising ghosts
Christ is risen!
The dead are to uprise
He revived this style of opera
He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina

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