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rising from the dead

rising from the dead is the present participle and gerund 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 rising from the dead

What is rising from the dead the present participle and gerund of?
Rising from the dead is the present participle and gerund of rise from the dead.

Words near rising from the dead in the dictionary

  1. rising and shining
  2. rising damp
  3. rising diphthong
  4. rising diphthongs
  5. rising from the ashes
  6. rising from the dead
  7. rising lark
  8. rising larks
  9. rising line
  10. rising lines
  11. rising main

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