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verb (used with object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.
to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
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
EXPANDnon·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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Example Sentences
- It was removed by surgeons ten minutes later and an effort to resuscitate her by a pulmotor was unsuccessful.
- Would that the purists could resuscitate thou instead.
- But they will hardly resuscitate a profession in crisis.
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Word Origin & History
resuscitate
1530s, earlier resuscit (late 14c.), from L.L. resuscitationem, from L. resuscitatus, pp. of resuscitare "rouse again, revive," from re- "again" + suscitare "to raise, revive," from sub "(up from) under" + citare "to summon" (see cite).
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resuscitate re·sus·ci·tate (rĭ-sŭs'ĭ-tāt')
v. re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing, re·sus·ci·tates
To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
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