resurrect
verb (used with object)
to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
has resurrected
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present perfectof resurrect (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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White, a former pub landlord, has resurrected his old hospitality skills to lead the front of house team, serving up dishes and chatting to guests.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Browns have a smothering defense and a onetime Super Bowl MVP quarterback in Joe Flacco, who against long odds has resurrected his career in Cleveland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Lake’s replacement, Kalen DeBoer, has resurrected and even elevated that reputation fully in one year.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
Perry, who claimed that he would retire his signature character after 2019’s “A Madea Family Funeral,” has resurrected Madea, it seems, in that same spirit: simply because he can.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
In the "quiet children" the author has resurrected, as it were, the child heroes in which his stories abound, and given them an existence on a new plane, "beyond good and evil."
From The Created Legend by John Cournos
