resurrectionize
resurrectionize · resurrectionizes · resurrectionized · resurrectionizing
To remove a body from its graveTo remove a body from its grave (illegally, for dissection); to engage in bodysnatching.
Meaning
2 sensesTo remove a body from its grave (illegally, for dissection); to engage in bodysnatching.
(archaic, transitive)To resurrect, or raise from the dead.
March 14 1804, Robert Southey, letter to Samuel Taylor Coleridge you will stare at the catalogue of dead authors whom I shall have to resurrectionise
Origin
From resurrection + -ize.From resurrection + -ize.
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Forms
resurrectionizes, resurrectionizing, resurrectionized, resurrectionized| Base form | resurrectionize · to resurrectionize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | resurrectionizes |
| Present participle | resurrectionizing |
| Past simple | resurrectionized |
| Past participle | resurrectionized |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle