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
What fatality had resuscitated a secret which he had believed buried with Madame Gerdy?
From The Widow Lerouge by Émile Gaboriau
Without doubt it was the publication of Mr. John Steele's will leaving his enormous fortune to Sir David Bright that had resuscitated Madame Danterre.
From Great Possessions by Mrs. Wilfrid Ward
