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resurrect Definition

res·ur·rect (rez′ə rekt′)

transitive verb

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

Etymology: back-form. < resurrection

intransitive verb

to rise from the dead

resurrect Usage Examples

Object

  • kingdom: I don't know about His efforts to resurrect the Davidic kingdom.
  • god: The earthly Jesus is congruent to Horus; Jesus the Christ corresponds to Osiris, the resurrected god.
  • dead: Nor did he seem insane enough to think he could resurrect the dead.
  • body: What will the believer's resurrected body be like?
  • memory: However, the death in 2001 of one of the men who took part in this match resurrected memories of the occasion.
  • career: Might resurrect political career through friendship with Paul Murphy.

Preposition: on

day: In Second Chance a man is resurrected on Judgment Day to answer for the sins of his life.

Preposition: as

fruit: If Jesus was resurrected as the first fruits of the dead, then the kingdom of God had begun.

Preposition: into

kingdom: The righteous were to be resurrected into the kingdom after three days according to scripture.

Modifying Another Word

  • physically: Whether I'll be physically resurrected or not, I don't know.
  • briefly: SUMMER CUP This competition was first played during wartime, but was briefly resurrected in 1964 and 1965.
  • newly: The Great Fire of London is the first offering from the newly resurrected Rabbit Software under the Virgin label.
  • successfully: However, the argument was successfully resurrected, in part at least, in a case on which judgment was given last month.
  • again: Theological Christianity must die out, never to resurrect again in its present form.
  • recently: The organ at the Albert Hall was the recently resurrected Binns [ 4 ] .

Preposition: after

death: In the early centuries of Christianity it was tho that the body itself would be resurrected after death.

Used with why or when

  • when: Were Moses and Elijah bodily resurrected when they ' appeared ' to Peter?
  • what: Will Yamaha resurrect what V4 fans consider the ' perfect ' motorcycle engine configuration?

Preposition: in

form: The practical clauses designed to help capital will be resurrected in some form, or smuggled in via the back door.

Preposition: from

dead: Ezekiel may in fact be speaking of king David being resurrected from the dead to dwell with the redeemed of the Lord.