resurrect
verb (used with object)
to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
resurrects
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present tense formof resurrect (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The film resurrects the story of sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, modern day witches who face a curse that sees any man they fall in love with doomed to an early death.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
It resurrects the controversial so-called "Highway to Hel" bus journey formerly run by local company PKS Gdynia.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
It’s more accurate to say Eminem resurrects him than to argue that he’s been using him as a crutch for 25 years.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
Blakemore’s killer memoir “Stage Blood” resurrects the early days of the National Theatre under the aegis of Laurence Olivier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
If there is a second or third brood, the pupa resurrects in ten days or so into the moth; eggs are laid; larvæ are hatched; pupæ again are formed; and thus is the process continued.
From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
