resuscitate

[ ri-suhs-i-teyt ]

/ rɪˈsʌs ɪˌteɪt /

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verb (used with object), re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing.

to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.

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Origin of resuscitate

1525–35; < Latin resuscitātus (past participle of resuscitāre to reawaken), equivalent to re- re- + sus- sus- + cit(āre) to move, arouse (see cite¹) + -ātus ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM resuscitate

re·sus·ci·ta·ble

[ri-suhs-i-tuh-buh l] /rɪˈsʌs ɪ tə bəl/, adjectivere·sus·ci·ta·tion, nounre·sus·ci·ta·tive, adjectivenon·re·sus·ci·ta·ble, adjective

non·re·sus·ci·ta·tion, nounnon·re·sus·ci·ta·tive, adjectiveun·re·sus·ci·ta·ble, adjectiveun·re·sus·ci·tat·ed, adjectiveun·re·sus·ci·tat·ing, adjectiveun·re·sus·ci·ta·tive, adjective

Words nearby resuscitate

resurrection plant, resurrectionary, resurrectionism, resurrectionist, resurvey, resuscitate, resuscitation, resuscitator, resveratrol, reszke, ret

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Example sentences from the Web for resuscitation

Both the resuscitation trial and the foam are “way, way out there,” King said.
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There was no other monitoring or resuscitation equipment in the room.
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We now come to a very important event—the resuscitation of the study of Greek in Italy.
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Langhetti, however, found that one of them was only in a 'trance state,' and his efforts for resuscitation were successful.
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I wish merely to emphasize the fact that it was complete in itself, and therefore as impossible of resuscitation as the dead.
Black Oxen|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
In 1429 the French monarchy seemed doomed beyond hope of resuscitation.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III|Henry Charles Lea
All this resuscitation of obstruction necessitated, on Mr. Gladstone's part, an extreme step.
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British Dictionary definitions for resuscitation

resuscitate

/ (rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt) /

verb

(tr) to restore to consciousness; revive

Derived forms of resuscitate

resuscitable, adjectiveresuscitation, nounresuscitative, adjective

Word Origin for resuscitate

C16: from Latin resuscitāre, from re- + suscitāre to raise, from sub- up from below + citāre to rouse, from citus quick

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Medical definitions for resuscitation (1 of 2)

resuscitation

[ rĭ-sŭs′ĭ-tā′shən ]

n.

The act of resuscitating or the state of being resuscitated.

Medical definitions for resuscitation (2 of 2)

resuscitate

[ rĭ-sŭs′ĭ-tāt′ ]

v.

To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

resuscitate

verb (used with object), re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing.

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verb

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n.

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v.