"resurrect" in the verb sense
1. resurrect, raise, upraise
cause to become alive again
"raise from the dead"
"Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"
"Upraising ghosts"
2. revive, resurrect
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
"He revived this style of opera"
"He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
3. resurrect, rise, uprise
return from the dead
"Christ is risen!"
"The dead are to uprise"
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