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risen from the dead

risen from the dead is the past participle of rise from the dead.

Meaning of rise from the dead

Verb

rise from the dead (third-person singular simple present rises from the dead, present participle rising from the dead, simple past rose from the dead, past participle risen from the dead)

  1. To become alive (or undead) after having died.
    • The story of dead Ebola victims rising from the dead, with the first "picture" of one of the zombies that has gone viral, (if it weren't glaringly obvious) is a hoax.2014 October 6, Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, “Ebola 'risen from the dead' zombie story is a complete hoax”, in Independent
  2. (figuratively) To come back into general use after becoming obsolete.

Questions about risen from the dead

What is risen from the dead the past participle of?
Risen from the dead is the past participle of rise from the dead.

Words near risen from the dead in the dictionary

  1. risels
  2. risen
  3. risen above
  4. risen and shone
  5. risen from the ashes
  6. risen from the dead
  7. risen through the ranks
  8. risen to the bait
  9. risen to the challenge
  10. risen to the occasion
  11. risen to the purple

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