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Resurrect

To take from the grave; to disinter.

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Verb group 8

Raise 84% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Raise 84% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Rise 84% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Rise 84% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Uprise 84% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Uprise 84% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Regenerate 76% connected

Reproduced.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rejuvenate 76% connected

To render young again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resuscitate 76% connected

Restored to life.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Revive 76% connected

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Republish 76% connected

To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re/xecution or codicil.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Raise 92% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Revive 92% connected

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rise 92% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Upraise 92% connected

To raise; to lift up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Uprise 92% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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