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

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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

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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.
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In 1429 the French monarchy seemed doomed beyond hope of resuscitation.
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British Dictionary definitions for resuscitation

resuscitate

/ (rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt) /

verb

(tr) to restore to consciousness; revive

Derived Formsresuscitable, 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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Word Origin and History for resuscitation

resuscitation

early 15c., from Old French resuscitation or directly from Late Latin resuscitationem (nominative resuscitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of resuscitare (see resuscitate).

resuscitate

early 15c., "revive, restore," from Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare "rouse again, revive," from re- "again" (see re-) + suscitare "to raise, revive," from sub "(up from) under" (see sub-) + citare "to summon" (see cite). Intransitive use from 1650s. Related: Resuscitated; resuscitating. Earlier was resuscen "restore (someone) to life, resurrect" (c.1400).

Medicine definitions for resuscitation

resuscitation

[ rĭ-sŭs′ĭ-tā′shən ]

n.

The act of resuscitating or the state of being resuscitated.

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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