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Resuscitate

//ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Restored to life. not-comparable, obsolete

    "[O]nce return'd / Unto her body new reſuſcitate / From ſleep, remembring well how erſt ſhe mourn'd, / Marvels how all ſo ſoon to peace and eaſe is turn'd."

Verb
  1. 1
    To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. transitive

    "to resuscitate a drowned person"

  2. 2
    return to consciousness wordnet
  3. 3
    To regain consciousness. intransitive
  4. 4
    cause to regain consciousness wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).

Etymology 2

From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).

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