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resurrectionized

resurrectionized is the simple past and past participle of resurrectionize.

Meaning of resurrectionize

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

Questions about resurrectionized

What is resurrectionized the simple past and past participle of?
Resurrectionized is the simple past and past participle of resurrectionize.

Words near resurrectionized in the dictionary

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

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