Grammatical class

Verb

ressusciter

to resurrect

Details

Syllables

res-sus-ci-ter

Phonetics

ʁe.sy.si.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

9337

Freq. (movies)

9104

Freq. (news)

20990

Sentences

Tom a essayé de ressusciter Mary.

Tom tried to resuscitate Mary.

A1

Des Romains viennent de ressusciter le Rock’n Roll.

Some Romans have just revived rock 'n roll.

B2

Divers efforts ont été faits pour ressusciter le latin.

Several efforts have been made to revive Latin.

C1

Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.

With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

C2