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resurrected

resurrected is the simple past and past participle of resurrect.

Meaning of resurrect

Verb

resurrect (third-person singular simple present resurrects, present participle resurrecting, simple past and past participle resurrected)

  1. (transitive) To raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
    Synonyms:
    revive
  2. (intransitive) To rise from the dead; to return to life.
  3. (transitive) To restore to a working state.
  4. (transitive) 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

Adjective

resurrected (not comparable)

  1. Having undergone resurrection.

Questions about resurrected

What does resurrected mean?
Resurrected means having undergone resurrection.
What is resurrected the simple past and past participle of?
Resurrected is the simple past and past participle of resurrect.
What part of speech is resurrected?
Resurrected is an adjective.

Words near resurrected in the dictionary

  1. resurprises
  2. resurprising
  3. Resurreccion
  4. resurrect
  5. resurrectable
  6. resurrected
  7. resurrectee
  8. resurrectees
  9. resurrectible
  10. resurrecting
  11. resurrectingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resurrected (page history and authors); resurrect (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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