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resurrect

verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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