verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/
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rhymes with -ɛkt
CMU ARPABET:R EH2 Z ER0 EH1 K T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: revive
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To rise from the dead; to return to life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To restore to a working state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To bring back to view or attention; to reinstate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
cause to become alive again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
raise from the dead
Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
Upraising ghosts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: raise, upraise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resuscitate, revive
6
verb
Meaning 6
return from the dead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Christ is risen!
The dead are to uprise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rise, uprise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: return
7
verb
Meaning 7
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He revived this style of opera
He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: revive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regenerate, restore, rejuvenate
Narrower terms: republish
History
Etymology
From Latin resurrēct-, past participial stem of resurgō, after resurrection.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَحْيَا
(ʔaḥyā)
— to raise from dead
Arabic:
بَعَثَ
(baʕaṯa)
— to raise from dead
Azerbaijani:
diriltmək
— to raise from dead
Bulgarian:
съживявам
(sǎživjavam)
— to raise from dead
Catalan:
ressuscitar
— to raise from dead
Chinese Mandarin:
復活 /复活
(fùhuó)
— to raise from dead
Chinese Mandarin:
死而復生 /死而复生
(sǐ'ér fùshēng)
— to raise from dead
Dutch:
herrijzen
— to raise from dead
Esperanto:
reviviĝi
— to raise from dead
Finnish:
nousta kuolleista
— to raise from dead
Finnish:
nousta ylös kuolleista
— to raise from dead
French:
ressusciter
— to raise from dead
Georgian:
გაცოცხლება
(gacocxleba)
— to raise from dead
German:
wiederbeleben
— to raise from dead
Greek:
ανασταίνω
(anastaíno)
— to raise from dead
Ancient Greek:
ἀνίστημι
(anístēmi)
— to raise from dead
Japanese:
蘇らせる
(yomigaeraseru)
— to raise from dead
Norwegian:
gjenopplive
— to raise from dead
Church Slavic:
въскрьснѫти
(vŭskrĭsnǫti)
— to raise from dead
Church Slavic:
ⰲⱏⱄⰽⱃⱐⱄⱀⱘⱅⰻ
(vŭskrĭsnǫti)
— to raise from dead
Polish:
wskrzeszać
— to raise from dead
Polish:
wskrzesić
— to raise from dead
Portuguese:
ressuscitar
— to raise from dead
Romanian:
reînvia
— to raise from dead
Russian:
воскреша́ть
(voskrešátʹ)
— to raise from dead
Russian:
воскреси́ть
(voskresítʹ)
— to raise from dead
Russian:
оживля́ть
(oživljátʹ)
— to raise from dead
Russian:
оживи́ть
(oživítʹ)
— to raise from dead
Serbo-Croatian:
у̀скрснути
— to raise from dead
Serbo-Croatian:
ùskrsnuti
— to raise from dead
Spanish:
resurrectar
— to raise from dead
Spanish:
resurrecionar
— to raise from dead
Swahili:
fufua
— to raise from dead
Swedish:
uppväcka (från de döda)
— to raise from dead
Turkish:
diriltmek
— to raise from dead
Turkish:
canlandırmak
— to raise from dead
Ukrainian:
воскреша́ти
(voskrešáty)
— to raise from dead
Ukrainian:
воскреси́ти
(voskresýty)
— to raise from dead
Vietnamese:
hồi sinh
— to raise from dead
Walloon:
rilever (with complement "d' inte les moirts")
— to raise from dead
Walloon:
fé raviker
— to raise from dead
Walloon:
rilever d’ amon les moirts
— to raise from dead
Bulgarian:
възобновявам
(vǎzobnovjavam)
— to restore to a working state
Dutch:
hergebruiken
— to restore to a working state
Dutch:
herbruiken
— to restore to a working state
Russian:
оживля́ть
(oživljátʹ)
— to restore to a working state
Russian:
оживи́ть
(oživítʹ)
— to restore to a working state
Walloon:
reployî
— to restore to a working state
Walloon:
ralouwer
— to restore to a working state
Russian:
оживля́ть
(oživljátʹ)
— to bring back to view or attention
Russian:
оживи́ть
(oživítʹ)
— to bring back to view or attention