resurrect

Etymology

Back-formation from resurrection.

verb

  1. (transitive) To raise from the dead, to bring life back to.
  2. (intransitive) To rise from the dead; return to life.
  3. (transitive) To restore to a working state.
  4. (transitive) To bring back to view or attention; reinstate.
    Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later? December 2 2020, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: Class 56s revived, rebuilt and rebooted as GBRf Class 69s”, in Rail, page 28

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