Meanings
present singular third person resurrects · participle present resurrecting · participle past resurrected · past resurrected
- intransitiveTo rise from the dead; to return to life.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
More synonyms by meaning
verbrestore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinresurrēct-
- Englishresurrect
From Latin resurrēct-, past participial stem of resurgō, after resurrection.. By surface analysis, re- + surrect.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι
- ἀνίστημι (anístēmi)to raise from dead
Arabic أَحْيَا, بَعَثَ
- أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā)to raise from dead
- بَعَثَ (baʕaṯa)to raise from dead
Bulgarian съживявам, възобновявам
- съживявам (săživjavam)to raise from dead
- възобновявам (văzobnovjavam)to restore to a working state
Catalan ressuscitar
- ressuscitarto raise from dead
Chinese Mandarin 復活 /复活, 死而復生 /死而复生
- 復活 /复活 (fùhuó)to raise from dead
- 死而復生 /死而复生 (sǐ'ér fùshēng)to raise from dead
Dutch herrijzen, hergebruiken
- herrijzento raise from dead
- hergebruikento restore to a working state
- herbruikento restore to a working state
Esperanto reviviĝi
- reviviĝito raise from dead
Finnish nousta kuolleista, nousta ylös kuolleista
- nousta kuolleistato raise from dead
- nousta ylös kuolleistato raise from dead
French ressusciter
- ressusciterto raise from dead
German wiederbeleben
- wiederbelebento raise from dead
Greek ανασταίνω
- ανασταίνω (anastaíno)to raise from dead
Japanese 蘇らせる
- 蘇らせる (yomigaeraseru)to raise from dead
Norwegian gjenopplive
- gjenoppliveto raise from dead
Polish wskrzeszać, wskrzesić
- wskrzeszaćto raise from dead
- wskrzesićto raise from dead
Portuguese ressuscitar
- ressuscitarto raise from dead
Romanian reînvia
- reînviato raise from dead
Russian воскреша́ть, воскреси́ть
- воскреша́ть (voskrešátʹ)to raise from dead
- воскреси́ть (voskresítʹ)to raise from dead
- оживля́ть (oživljátʹ)to raise from dead
- оживи́ть (oživítʹ)to raise from dead
- оживля́ть (oživljátʹ)to restore to a working state
- оживи́ть (oživítʹ)to restore to a working state
- оживля́ть (oživljátʹ)to bring back to view or attention
- оживи́ть (oživítʹ)to bring back to view or attention
Spanish resurrectar, resurrecionar
- resurrectarto raise from dead
- resurrecionarto raise from dead
Swahili fufua
- fufuato raise from dead
Swedish uppväcka (från de döda)
- uppväcka (från de döda)to raise from dead
Turkish diriltmek, canlandırmak
- diriltmekto raise from dead
- canlandırmakto raise from dead
Ukrainian воскреша́ти, воскреси́ти
- воскреша́ти (voskrešáty)to raise from dead
- воскреси́ти (voskresýty)to raise from dead
Vietnamese hồi sinh
- hồi sinhto raise from dead
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with resurrect
Cite this entry
resurrect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurrect
“resurrect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurrect. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resurrect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurrect.
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