Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resurrectionize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: res-ur-rec-tion-ize
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To resurrect, or raise from the dead.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To remove a body from its grave (illegally, for dissection); to engage in bodysnatching.

Example Sentences

"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"
""Remember, the law now punishes with transportation those who resurrectionize, and those who encourage resurrectionists.""

Etymology

From resurrection + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: resurrection

Usage

Inflected Forms

resurrectionizes (present, singular) resurrectionizing (participle, present) resurrectionized (participle, past) resurrectionized (past)

Questions

What does resurrectionize mean?: To resurrect, or raise from the dead.
Where does resurrectionize come from?: From resurrection + -ize.

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