resurrect

resurrect is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take from the grave; to disinter. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To take from the grave; to disinter.
2. transitive verb. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost).
3. verb. cause to become alive again

   "raise from the dead"

   "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"

   Synonyms: raise, upraise

4. verb. return from the dead

   "Christ is risen!"

   "The dead are to uprise"

   Synonyms: rise, uprise

5. 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"

   Synonyms: revive

Synonyms

raise, upraise, rise, uprise, revive

Common word forms

resurrects, resurrected, resurrecting

Words from these letters

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