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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

re·sus·ci·tate

[ri-suhs-i-teyt] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.

to revive, esp. from apparent death or from unconsciousness.

[Origin: 1525–35; < L resuscitātus (ptp. of resuscitāre to reawaken), equiv. to re- re- + sus- sus- + cit(āre) to move, arouse (see cite¹) + -ātus ate¹

]

—Related forms

re·sus·ci·ta·ble

[ri-suhs-i-tuh-buh

l] Pronunciation Key, adjective

re·sus·ci·ta·tion, noun

re·sus·ci·ta·tive, adjective

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re·sus·ci·tate   (rĭ-sŭs'ĭ-tāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing, re·sus·ci·tates

v.   tr.
To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. See Synonyms at revive.

v.   intr.
To regain consciousness.

[Latin resuscitāre, resuscitāt- : re-, re- + suscitāre, to stir up (sus-, sub-, sub- + citāre, to move violently, frequentative of ciēre, to set in motion; see kei-² in Indo-European roots).]

re·sus'ci·ta·ble (-tə-bəl) adj., re·sus'ci·ta'tion n., re·sus'ci·ta'tive adj.

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resuscitation
noun
the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"

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resuscitation re·sus·ci·ta·tion (rĭ-sŭs'ĭ-tā'shən)
n.
The act of resuscitating or the state of being resuscitated.

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Resuscitation

Re*sus`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. resuscitatio.] The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. --Sir W. Scott.

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