English

Verb

resurrectionize ‎(third-person singular simple present resurrectionizes, present participle resurrectionizing, simple past and past participle resurrectionized)

1. (transitive) To resurrect, or raise from the dead.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Southey to this entry?)

2. To remove a body from its grave (illegally, for dissection); to engage in bodysnatching.
   • 1846, Reynolds, George W.M., The Mysteries of London volume 1, London: George Vickers, page 338:

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