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resurrect

res·ur·rect [ rèzzə rékt ] (past and past participle res·ur·rect·ed, present participle res·ur·rect·ing, 3rd person present singular res·ur·rects)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb raise somebody from dead: to come back to life after apparent death, or bring somebody back to life

2. transitive verb reinstate something: to bring back into use something that had been stopped or discarded
resurrect an old argument

[Late 18th century. Back-formation <resurrection]
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