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re⋅sus⋅ci⋅tate

  [ri-suhs-i-teyt]
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–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 cite 1 ) + -ātus ate1

Related forms:
re⋅sus⋅ci⋅ta⋅ble  [ri-suhs-i-tuh-buhl] , 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')   
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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Word Origin & History

resuscitate 
1532, earlier resuscit (c.1375), 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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·sus·ci·tate
Pronunciation: ri-'s&s-&-"tAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed;-tat·ing
: to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness <resuscitate a nearly drowned person by artificial respiration>

Main Entry: re·sus·ci·ta·tion
Pronunciation: ri-"s&s-&-'tA-sh&n, rE-
Function: noun
: an act of resuscitating or thestate of being resuscitated <resuscitation by means of artificial respiration or cardiac massage> —see CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
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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.

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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