1. (

• resurrect ,
• raise ,
• upraise

) cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" ;

2. (

• revive ,
• resurrect

) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" ;

3. (

• resurrect ,
• rise ,
• uprise ,

) return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" ;