resuscitate
verb
- bring back to consciousness
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
adj
Etymology: From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).
- Restored to life.
“[O]nce return'd / Unto her body new reſuſcitate / From ſleep, remembring well how erſt ſhe mourn'd, / Marvels how all ſo ſoon to peace and eaſe is turn'd.”
verb
Etymology: From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).
- To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
“to resuscitate a drowned person”
“to resuscitate withered plants”
- To regain consciousness.