Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb resurrect
3 senses of resurrect
Sense 1
resurrect, raise, upraise -- (cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts")
=> resuscitate, revive -- (cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man")
Sense 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")
=> regenerate, restore, rejuvenate -- (return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me")
Sense 3
resurrect, rise, uprise -- (return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise")
=> return -- (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean")