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resuscitate

[ ri-suhs-i-teyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing.

to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.

resuscitate

/ rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt /

verb

tr to restore to consciousness; revive

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Derived Forms

reˈsuscitative, adjective
reˈsuscitable, adjective
reˌsusciˈtation, noun

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Other Words From

re·sus·ci·ta·ble [ri-, suhs, -i-t, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
re·susci·tation noun
re·susci·tative adjective
nonre·susci·ta·ble adjective
nonre·susci·tation noun
nonre·susci·tative adjective
unre·susci·ta·ble adjective
unre·susci·tated adjective
unre·susci·tating adjective
unre·susci·tative adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resuscitate¹

1525–35; < Latin resuscitātus (past participle of resuscitāre “to reawaken”), equivalent to re- re- + sus- sus- + cit(āre) “to move, arouse” ( cite ¹ ) + -ātus -ate ¹( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resuscitate¹

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

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Example Sentences

Efforts to resuscitate her failed and she was pronounced dead at nearby Albert Einstein Medical Center.

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That, too, is the test for Cadillac—to resuscitate a legend.

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The string of flat-lined attempts to resuscitate the genre that preceded The Maya Rudolph Show certainly speaks to that.

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Firefox no longer has its moral high-horse, and that leaves its fragile state without anyone to resuscitate it if flatlines.

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They are said to have lowered her and done all they could to resuscitate her, but she was now beyond help.

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Just 45 minutes after this second patient had been brought into the operating room the effort to resuscitate him began.

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But very soon various causes combined to resuscitate the dialect literature.

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They may be battered and even sundered for a time, but each successive shock will only serve to resuscitate their vitality.

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Kneeling over his parent, Dick set to work to resuscitate the almost drowned man.

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A few drops sprinkled upon a corpse sufficed to resuscitate it.

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