resurrect

v., -rect·ed, -rect·ing, -rects.

v.tr.

1. To bring back to life; raise from the dead.
2. To bring back into practice, notice, or use.

v.intr.
To rise from the dead; return to life.

[Back-formation from RESURRECTION.]

resurrector res'ur·rec'tor n.

verb

To rouse from a state of inactivity or quiescence: reactivate, reanimate, reawaken, rekindle, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, revivify. See awareness/unawareness.

IN BRIEF: To bring back to life. Also: To bring back into use.

To see a hillside white with dogwood bloom is to know a particular ecstasy of beauty, but to walk the gray Winter woods and find the buds which will resurrect that beauty in another May is to partake of continuity. — Hal Borland (1900-1978)

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cause to become alive again
  Synonyms: raise, upraise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - genoplive, grave op igen
v. intr. - genopstå

Nederlands (Dutch)
doen herleven, terugbrengen, herrijzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) ressusciter
v. intr. - (lit, fig) ressusciter

Deutsch (German)
v. - wieder zum Leben erwecken, wiederbeleben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανασταίνω/-ομαι (εκ νεκρών), αναβιώνω, (μτφ.) ξαναζωντανεύω (έθιμο κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
rinascere, risuscitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - exumar, recordar

Русский (Russian)
воскресить, возродить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - resucitar, revivir
v. intr. - resucitar, revivir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återuppväcka fr de döda, återuppliva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使复活, 使再活跃, 使复苏, 使再流行, 复活

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使復活, 使再活躍, 使復甦, 使再流行
v. intr. - 復活

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 소생시키다, 부흥시키다, 무덤을 파헤치고 훔치다
v. intr. - 소생하다, 부활하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 復活させる, よみがえらせる, 蘇生させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبعث, يحيي, يخرج جثه من قبر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החיה, חפר והוציא מהקבר, החזיר לשימוש, החיה את המנהג ל-‬
v. intr. - ‮קם לתחייה, חזר לחיים‬

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