† resurrectionizev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To resurrect (chiefly in various extended uses).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [verb (transitive)]
quickOE
arearc1000
raisec1175
reara1325
upraisec1340
quickena1382
again-raisec1384
araisea1400
resuscea1400
revokea1413
recovera1425
revivec1425
suscitec1430
resuscite?c1450
risea1500
relive?1526
to call againa1529
resuscitate1532
requicken1576
refetch1599
reanimate1611
reinspire1611
reinanimatea1631
recreate1631
revivify1631
redivive1634
revivificate1660
resurrection1661
resurrect1773
re-embody1791
revivicate1798
re-energize1803
resurrectionize1804
revitalize1869
reimpress1883
1804 R. Southey Let. 9 Mar. (1965) I. 356 I must visit London to rout out or resurrectionize certain of the worthies who sleep in Stationers Hall.
1825 Acct. Circumstances Imprisonment & Death William Millard 25 They pay..the sum of six guineas, for each deceased patient, which they resurrectionize.
1834 New Monthly Mag. 41 544 The ingenuity deserves praise, which thus resurrectionizes cloth, and gives it a second existence.
1857 T. B. Aldrich Daisy's Necklace 216 Why on earth did his friends want to resurrectionize the insipid incidents of this man's milk-and-water existence!
1889 A. B. Bruce Kingdom of God Introd. 4 We cannot at this date resurrectionize a lost apostolic document.
Derivatives
resurrectionized adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restoring to flourishing condition > restored to flourishing condition
redivived1647
renovated1650
revived1728
resurrected1804
revigorate1814
reborn1824
reborn1827
redivive1829
revitalized1841
resurrectionized1843
1843 Nazarene Mar. 82/2 A resurrectionized world now in glory appears.
1847 J. K. Paulding & W. I. Paulding Madmen All in Amer. Comedies v. ii. 227 The critics had better dissect a resurrectionized corpse than lay a finger on my book!
1868 ‘F. Fern’ Folly as it Flies 296 That horrible coloured silk handkerchief..flourished with its resurrectionized effluvia, under your disgusted and averted nose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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