resuscitate
verb (used with object)
to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
had resuscitated
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past perfectof resuscitate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Every so often, if she got home early from work, we practiced the Sigman-Harris method of meditation, a centennial relic that someone had resuscitated in Wrathweb.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2023
In eight seasons at Kentucky, Pitino had resuscitated Kentucky’s program and assembled one of the most talented teams in recent history, the 1995-96 squad that earned Pitino his only national championship.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2012
He had resuscitated the Macintosh PC line but it still represented a very small percentage of the total desktop computers purchased in the world.
From Forbes ● Feb. 27, 2012
It was said of Raphael that he had resuscitated the corpse of Rome.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
Consciousness had brought reflection, reflection doubt, and doubt had resuscitated hope.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
