From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishresurrectres‧ur‧rect /ˌrezəˈrekt/ verb [transitive] START something/MAKE something STARTto bring back an old activity, belief, idea etc that has not existed for a long time The Home Office have resurrected plans to build a new prison just outside London. another failed attempt to resurrect his career→ See Verb table
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resurrect• Old theories about the origin of the universe have recently been resurrected.• Even old forgery charges of 1813 were resurrected by the daily newspapers.• Now, as they try to resurrect lost glory, the Raiders embrace power in numbers.• The real Erik died more than 1,000 years ago, but he was recently resurrected on the big screen by Terry Jones.• Clinton, in his election-year State of the Union speech, resurrected some of the middle-class themes of his 1992 campaign.• There's a growing drive to resurrect the ancient woodland tradition of charcoal burning.• The player's agent Rodger Linse says there is now nothing to stop United resurrecting the deal.• I do not intend now to resurrect the metaphysical theory I said in Chapter 2 that we do not need.• "Silverado" was an entertaining but unsuccessful attempt to resurrect the Western.Origin resurrect (1700-1800) resurrection 