ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsRresurrect
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resurrect
Meaning: to bring something back into use or existence after it faded
resurrect in a sentence
How resurrect is used in real sentences:
The band decided to resurrect their old songs for the reunion tour.
After decades of neglect, city planners voted to resurrect the abandoned railway line as a public walking trail.
“Supporters argued that a narrow opening could resurrect the wetland, bringing back tidal processes that had faded behind the barrier.”
— from the passage When the Water Returned
Synonyms for resurrect
Other words for resurrect — revive, restore and reinstate — carry the same meaning.
- revive
- restore
- reinstate
Antonyms of resurrect
Words that mean the opposite of resurrect:
- bury
- discard
Where it comes from
From Latin resurgere 'to rise again'
Memory hook
RE (again) + SURRECT (rise) — to resurrect is to rise again.