Word
resurrect
Phoneticsres·ur·rect
US/ˌɹɛzɝˈɛkt/
UK/ɹɪsəɹˈɛkt/
Definitions
01to bring back to life
v. to bring a person or animal back to life after they have died.
v. to restore a deceased being to life. Often used in religious or mythological contexts; transitive when one entity acts upon another.
“In the story, the hero uses a magic spell to resurrect his fallen friend.”
“Ancient mythologies frequently feature deities with the power to resurrect the dead, reflecting a universal human desire to overcome mortality.”
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03to fix or restore to use
v. to make something work again, like an old machine or a failed project.
v. to restore something to a functional or active state, particularly regarding technology or stalled initiatives.
“I managed to resurrect my old laptop by installing a new hard drive.”
“Engineers worked around the clock to resurrect the damaged server, eventually recovering the data that had been presumed lost during the power surge.”
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“The project was then resurrected by Trump in his first term, then killed off by Biden when he won the 2020 election.” “It briefly resurrected Stewart’s career, and he signed to Californian indie label HighTone Records the following year and released three new albums.” Etymology
From Latin resurrēct-, past participial stem of resurgō, after resurrection.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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