cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
Used in a Sentence
resurrect
How to use resurrect in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for resurrect.
Editorial note
> Let’s say you want to resurrect this reslug_all_tag_pages method.
Examples12
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of resurrect gathered in one view.
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for resurrect.
verb
cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
verb
restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
See also: revive
verb
return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
Example sentences
> Let’s say you want to resurrect this reslug_all_tag_pages method.
ACM members once had a poll to resurrect a few classic CS books.
What better way to resurrect the dead than by community upvotes?
As much as I love webOS... they'll resurrect it and release another set of sub-par phones & tablets and can it again.
Because I know that in just a year or two, it will be harder to resurrect the code than just rewrite it in whatever wizbang methodology comes along.
I finally discovered a somewhat useful reason to resurrect my childhood idea.
Apple as great as their products are, have started to resurrect the look/feel lawsuits of the 90s with their patents on trivial things such as how to unlock a phone, having a jump bar, etc.
I realized this when I read about his idea to resurrect his dead father by feeding some left-over data into an AI tasked with imitating his father.
I'm curious--in these cryopreservation arrangements, what is done to incentivize future people to resurrect you?
The line "A favorable decision would allow me resurrect Lavabit as an American company.
I suspect that a parallel variant of javascript that runs in every browser will end up being the next compelling parallel language, as opposed to all of us who are either inventing or attempting to resurrect languages that target x86 or GPUs.
Of course, as they were concentrating on replicating BeOS R5, the world moved on and Apple, Microsoft, and the Linux community had an army of programmers working on advancing their systems while Haiku had a small team trying to resurrect their beloved system.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use resurrect in a sentence?
> Let’s say you want to resurrect this reslug_all_tag_pages method.
What does resurrect mean?
cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
What part of speech is resurrect?
resurrect is commonly used as verb.