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resurrectionize

resurrectionize verb: to resurrect, or raise from the dead.

Verb

resurrectionize (third-person singular simple present resurrectionizes, present participle resurrectionizing, simple past and past participle resurrectionized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To resurrect, or raise from the dead.
    • March 14 1804, Robert Southey, letter to Samuel Taylor Coleridge
      you will stare at the catalogue of dead authors whom I shall have to resurrectionise
  2. To remove a body from its grave (illegally, for dissection); to engage in bodysnatching.
    • "Remember, the law now punishes with transportation those who resurrectionize, and those who encourage resurrectionists."1846, George W.M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 1, London: George Vickers, page 338

Forms of resurrectionize

third-person singular presentresurrectionizes
present participleresurrectionizing
past participleresurrectionized
pastresurrectionized

Origin of resurrectionize

From resurrection + -ize.

Questions about resurrectionize

What does resurrectionize mean?
Resurrectionize means to resurrect, or raise from the dead.
What part of speech is resurrectionize?
Resurrectionize is a verb.
What is the past tense of resurrectionize?
The past tense of resurrectionize is resurrectionized.

Words near resurrectionize in the dictionary

  1. resurrectionises
  2. resurrectionising
  3. resurrectionism
  4. resurrectionist
  5. resurrectionists
  6. resurrectionize
  7. resurrectionized
  8. resurrectionizes
  9. resurrectionizing
  10. resurrections
  11. resurrective

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