resurrect
pronunciation
How to pronounce resurrect in British English:
UK [ˌrezəˈrekt]
How to pronounce resurrect in American English:
US [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkt]
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- Verb:
- cause to become alive again
- restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
- return from the dead
Word Origin
- resurrect (v.)
- 1772, back-formation from resurrection. Related: Resurrected; resurrecting. "The correct form is resurge, which, however, is intransitive only, whereas the verb resurrect can be used both as transitive and intransitive ..." [Klein]. Related: Resurrected; resurrecting.
Example
- 1. Can we ever hope to use avatars to resurrect the dead ?
- 2. Over the years , free market ideology has displayed an uncanny ability to resurrect itself .
- 3. But some media companies are dying , and a new gadget will not resurrect them . Even the jesus tablet cannot perform miracles .
- 4. Collectively , lehner describes the complex as a cosmic engine , intended to harness the power of the sun and other gods to resurrect the soul of the pharaoh .
- 5. Futurist ray kurzweil not only wants to resurrect deceased loved ones his film the singularity is near explores the rights of those beings we build ( whether from human memories or from scratch ) .