resurrect v 1: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: {raise}, {upraise}] 2: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" [syn: {revive}] 3: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: {rise}, {uprise}]