resurrect
/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/
resurrect verb: to raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
Verb
resurrect (third-person singular simple present resurrects, present participle resurrecting, simple past and past participle resurrected)
- To raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
- Synonyms:
- revive
- To rise from the dead; to return to life.
- To restore to a working state.
- To bring back to view or attention; to reinstate.
- Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later?2020 December 2, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: Class 56s revived, rebuilt and rebooted as GBRf Class 69s”, in Rail, page 28
resurrect meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
resurrect in Tamil
- to resurrect, to rise from the dead
- உயிர்த்தெழு uyirtteḻu
- to resurrect
- எழுப்பு eḻuppu
resurrect in Bengali
- পুনরুত্থিত করা, পুনরায় জীবিত করা
resurrect in Malayalam
- ഉയിർത്തെഴുന്നേല്പിക്കുക, പുനഃപ്രചാരണം നൽകുക, പുനർജീവിപ്പിക്കുക
resurrect in Kannada
- ಸಚೇತನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಸಕ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ತರು, ಜಾಗೃತಗೊಳಿಸು, ಎಚ್ಚರಿಸು, ಜೀವಂತಗೊಳಿಸು
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- resurrect in Arabic
- أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā, بَعَثَ baʕaṯa
- resurrect in Vietnamese
- hồi sinh
Examples of resurrect in a sentence
- Hereness demands that we learn our local histories and resurrect hidden ones of our own.
- And so it is good to see the big society born again, resurrected in Cameron's Christmas message.
- We have to resurrect noynoying because Noynoy cannot be someone that his character is not.
Synonyms of resurrect
Forms of resurrect
| third-person singular present | resurrects |
|---|---|
| present participle | resurrecting |
| past participle | resurrected |
| past | resurrected |
Origin of resurrect
From Latin resurrēct-, past participial stem of resurgō, after resurrection.
Words formed from resurrect
Words that rhyme with resurrect
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
- disrespect
Questions about resurrect
- What does resurrect mean?
- Resurrect means to raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
- What is resurrect in Tamil?
- Resurrect in Tamil is உயிர்த்தெழு (uyirtteḻu), எழுப்பு (eḻuppu). See Resurrect meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is resurrect?
- Resurrect is a verb.
- How do you pronounce resurrect?
- Resurrect is pronounced /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/.
- What is the past tense of resurrect?
- The past tense of resurrect is resurrected.
Words near resurrect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: resurrect (page history and authors); உயிர்த்தெழு (Tamil) (page history and authors); resurrect (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resurrect (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resurrect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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